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supportator

supportator [CL supportare+-tor] 1 one who shoulders, bearer. 1238 velut fortem onerum supportitorem [v. l. ~orem] in dictis negociis expediendis specialem vos elegi consolatorem et adjutorem Gros. Ep. 68. 2 one who assists, supporter. s1405 in ‥ depauperacionem ‥ eorum qui deberent esse veri ~ores cunctis statibus ‥ si forent bene et debite gubernati (Wals. Maj.) Ann. Hen. IV 404. 3 a (timber) prop or support, ‘shore’. b wire framework that supports a ruff, underpropper, ‘supportasse’. a 1486 solvit ‥ cappentario pro apposicione quorundam subportatorum [gl.: shores] in quodam solario tenementi Mun. K's Lynn KL/C 39/67.  b 1588 pro j subportatore de la wyer Ac. LChamb. 79 f. 17 (cf. Misc. LChamb. 36 p. 75: one supporter of wyer).

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