suytour

Middle English

Noun

suytour

Alternative form of sutour

Old French

Alternative forms

seuter
seutier
seutour
sieuter
sieutere
siuter
siweter
suetier
suetir
suetour
suiter
suitere
suitier
suitor
suitour
suter
sutier
sutor
sutour
sutre
sutur

Etymology

Latin secūtōr.

Noun

suytour oblique singular, m (oblique plural suytours, nominative singular suytours, nominative plural suytour)

(Anglo-Norman) follower
(Anglo-Norman, law) suitor; plaintiff
(Anglo-Norman, law) agent (intermediary; actor on someone's behalf)

Descendants

→ Middle English: sutour
English: suitor

References

siuter on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (suitor)

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