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English
Etymology
From Middle English murager, from Old French muragier (“an officer in charge of town walls, receiving toll for repairs”), from murage (“tax levied for the building or repairing of town walls”), from Latin murus (“a wall”) + -aticum.
Pronunciation
Noun
murenger (plural murengers)
- An officer in charge of the town walls, or their repairs.
1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, page 5:The murengers have walled the pale, the gates are shut, but lo the thing's inside and can you guess his shape?
References
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Murenger”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
- “murenger”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “murenger”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.