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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1472-1503, 1584-1626
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Passar, -er, n. [ME. (Wyclif) and e.m.E. passer a passer-by.] a. One who goes (away, furth or by). b. One who officially sanctions (a petition or claim). —a. 1472 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 26.
And in tyme cumming that thay vse the self law vpoun the passaris away fra the mylnis 1503 Acts II. 242/2.
Certan ce[r]souris … sal haue power to cers the salaris & passaris furtht of the rome [= realm] a1585 Maitland Quarto MS xciii. heading.
A luid to the passer by —b. 1622-6 Bisset I. 258/3.
And the parties dammaige and expensis may be payed be the saidis lordis passeris of the saidis billis
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