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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Staffier, n. [e.m.E. stafyre (1532), staffier (1664), It. staffiero, f. stoffa a stirrup.] A footman. —1630 Letter from Milan by ‘Your Lordship’s servant Peter Crivelli' in Anal. Scot. II 207.
Everie day he cummes abroad in a most costlie coatche, wayted on by 16 staffiers, all young men without bairdes, in a fair levery
