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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1533

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Dictator, -our, n. [ME. dictator (1387), -atour, L. dictātor.] A Roman dictator. —1533 Bell. Livy I. 175/12.
How Marcus Valerius was made dictator 1533 Ib. II. 88/15.
Cavillis war cassin quhay suld cheis the dictatour

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