A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Bancor, n. [e.m.E. bankor (1591).] A banker. —1595 Duncan Appendix.
Argentarius, a bancor or purse-maister