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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1490-1491, 1556
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Partisour, n. [OF. partisseor, -eur one who divides (into shares) (12–13th c. in Godef.). (Cf. also Partiser.)] One appointed to divide or apportion lands. = Partisinger n. — 1490–1 Protocol Book of James Young III. 95.
We partisouris forsaid, chosen with consent of ther parteis, partis and dividis this land and tenement in this uise1556 Protocol Book of John Robeson 144.
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