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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fabulatour, n. [L. fābulātor. Also e.m.E. (1678).] A teller of stories. —1604 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 264.
That ilk class find onlie ane candill in the nicht, and he that happinnis to be fabulatour, to bring his candill with him