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Middle English
Etymology
From Old French enfermerier, from enfermerie (“infirmary”). See infirmary.
Noun
fermerere (plural fermereres)
- The officer in charge of the infirmary in a religious house.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Summoner's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1859-1862:
‘So dide our sexteyn and our fermerer,
That han been trewe freres fifty yeer;
They may now, god be thanked of his lone,
Maken hir Iubilee and walke allone.’- ‘So did our sacristan and the head of our infirmary,
That have been true friars fifty years;
They may now, God be thanked of his grace,
Make their fiftieth anniversary and walk alone.’
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