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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1487, 1538-1673
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Changeour, -ear, n. Also: changer, chainger, chenger. [ME. chaungeour (14th c.), chaunger, e.m.E. changer, OF. changeor.]
1. A money-changer.a1400 Legends of the Saints x. 550.
He wes tollar, & toll tuke, & changeour als 1487 Acts II. 182/2.
That his hienes deput … ane vthir [man] to be wissar & changeour, quhilkis sall … haue thare feis as wes vsit to be gevin to … changeouris in ald tymes 1538 Reg. Privy S. II. 401/1.
Makand him maister of the cunȝehous and maister changeour of the cunȝe, gold & silver 1542 Ib. 707/1.
Siclike … as ony utheris of his graces cunȝehous and maisteris changeouris usit the samyn in tymes bigane 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 345.
The personis … with quhom thaj [placks] salbe fund … unmerkit, salbe … puneist as willfull outputtaris and changearis of fals … money
2. An exchanger, a customer.1623 Dundee B. Laws 605.
That nane … sell any malt to any of thair nichtbors, callandis, and chengeris of malt to thame, … quhill sick tyme as thair said calland or chenger to thame mak first compleit payment [etc.]
3. One who changes or alters.1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. 28.
Fearing na wayes the sentence, pronuncit agains the choppers and chaingers of the Bible
4. The keeper of a change-house.1673 Grant Burgh Sch. (1876) ii. 177.
[In 1673 the Council of Paisley] ordain that changers selling drink to scholars shall pay £10
