guiler

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English

Etymology

From Middle English giler, gylur, gylour, gilour, from Old French guilëor, equivalent to guile +‎ -er.

Noun

guiler (plural guilers)

  1. (obsolete) A deceiver.
    • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
      And þow hast gyuen hire to a gyloure · now god gyf þe sorwe.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

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