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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1608
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Mentioner, n. [e.m.E. (1607).] —1608 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II. 253.
The saidis commissioneris … rander his maieste thair humble … thankis for haifing sic ane singular cair … to the weill … of the … burrowis quhairof it become thame rather to haue bene the first mentioneris
