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Middle English
Etymology
From beggen + -estere.
Noun
beggestere (plural beggesteres)
- A beggar, especially a female.
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Prologues”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC, lines
240-242:
He knew the tavernes wel in every toun
And everich hostiler and tappestere
Bet than a lazar or a beggestere;- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- “beggestere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “beggestere, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.