storier
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English storier; equivalent to story + -er.
Noun[edit]
storier (plural storiers)
- (obsolete) A teller of stories; a historian.
- c. 1449–1455, Reginald Peacock, Represser of over-much weeting [blaming] of the Clergie
- he is not the fundamental storier there of, but that ther of is an other storie bifore him
- 1833, Benjamin Disraeli, The Wondrous Tale of Alroy:
- Long through the night the sounds of music and the shouts of laughter were heard on the banks of that starry river; long through the night you might have listened with enchantment to the wild tales of the storier […]
- c. 1449–1455, Reginald Peacock, Represser of over-much weeting [blaming] of the Clergie
References[edit]
- “storier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Either from storie + -er or a shortening of historier.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
storier (plural storiers)
References[edit]
- “stōrī̆er, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-05.
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