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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1488-1489
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Signanter, n. [? Altered f. L. signātor. Cf. 17th c. Eng. signator (1650).] A signatory in sense 4 of Sign(e v. — 1488–9 Yester Wr. 86.
[Witnesses, Sir John Yhoung … Alexander Con, John Broun, and] signanter [Patrick Cokburn, one of the bailies of the said burgh, George Leirmonth and Sir Robert Aytoun, notaries public (etc.)]
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