A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1551-1588
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Quhisperar, -er, Quysperar, n. [e.m.E. whysperer (a1550); cf. Quhisper v. 3.] A whisperer; one who prefers to pass reports or comments secretly, a secret slanderer. —1551 Hamilton Catechism 111.
Of thame that ar quysperaris, rowkaris, and rounaris 1587 Carmichael Etym. 5.
Susurro, a quhisperer 1588 King Catechism 40.
We ar forbiddin be it to bear fals … witnes … as verralie is dovne be quhisperars, bakbytters, and euill sayers
