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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1499-1538
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Trumpour, -oure, -ur, n.1 [ME and e.m.E. trumpour (14th c.), trumper (15th c.), OF trompeor, -peur, -pour.] A trumpeter. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xl 889.
His menstrale, Jak trumpoure — a1500 Bernardus 213.
Man or childe haffande a gret delyte For to wesy … Joculatouris or trumpouris a1538 Abell 29a.
Trumpuris bardis piparis hurmasteris iugularis wes his familiaris
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