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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1576
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(Complainter,) Complaynter, n. [f. the vb.] A complainer. —1576 Orkney Oppress. 60.
The parochinaris beneith Tingwall, … ar complaynters on the Laird