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French
Noun
comtoir m (plural comtoirs)
- (ante 1900) Obsolete spelling of comptoir.
Middle French
Noun
comtoir m (plural comtoirs)
- Alternative spelling of comptoir
1555, Ortensio Lando, Paradoxes ou sentences, debatues, & elegamment deduites contre la commune opinion:S'il la prend de bon esprit, elle voudra tout gouverner: & faudra que tout passe par ses mains: elle se fera tantost maistresse du comtoir: & se voyant l'argent en maniement, elle achetera de iour en iour, sans aucune discretion, choses nouvelles, pour se faire bien iolie, bien doree, & diapree, au contentement de son esprit: outre ce, qu'elle en prestera & donnera à ses parens, pour les secourir en leurs affaires: le tout aux despens du pelerin.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)