flemer

Middle English

Etymology

flemen +‎ -ere (suffix forming agent nouns).

Noun

flemer (plural flemers)

1. one who banishes or expels
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 459-460:

     [...] The whyte lamb, that hurt was with the spere,
     Flemer of feendes out of him and here [...]

     [...] The white lamb, that was hurt with a spear,
     Banisher of fiends out of man and woman [...]

References

• “flemer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.