palterer

English

Etymology

From palter +‎ -er.

Noun

palterer (plural palterers)

1. One who palters.
   • 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 7:

     There be of you it may be, that will account me a paltrer, for hanging out the ſigne of the redde Herring in my title page, and no ſuch feaſt towards for ought you can ſee.

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Translations

one who palters

Anagrams

• prealter