A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cofferar, -er, n. [e.m.E. cofferar, coferer (1538), med. L. cofferarius.] A keeper of the (royal) coffers; a treasurer.1451 Exch. R. V. 424.]
[Roberto Nory, cofferario domini regis 1503 Treas. Acc. II. 387.
To the cofferar of Ingland, lxxx Scottis ridaris 1506 Ib. III. 152.
To ane man brocht lettrez … fra the cofferar of Ingland 1603 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 672/1.
Officers and attendaunts vpon the Queens syde in the Courte … A cofferar or receavour
