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Quotation dates: 1584
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Debatar, n. [f. Debate v.] A defender. — 1584 Edinburgh Testaments XIII. 373.
He ordinis the … laird of Blair … & his lady to be oursearis, debataris, & mantenaris of his said spous & his barnis
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