holour

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Middle English

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Etymology

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Old French holier.

Noun

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holour

  1. A whoremonger.
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 253-256:
      ‘And if that she be fair, thou verray knave,
      Thou seyst that every holour wol hir have;
      She may no whyle in chastitee abyde,
      That is assailled up-on ech a syde.’
      ‘And if she be fair, thou utter knave,
      Thou sayest that every lecher wants to have her;
      She can not remain chaste for any length of time,
      Who is assailed on every side.’

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