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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1534-1539
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Administratour, -ator, n.1 [Early ME. (1514), L. administrātor.] —1534–5 Master of Works Accounts 8 (the administratour of Kelso). 1539 Reg. Privy S. II. 458/1 (commendatar and administrator to the said abbay).
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