storier

English

Etymology

From Middle English storier; equivalent to story +‎ -er.

Noun

storier (plural storiers)

1. (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 […]

References

• “storier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Storrie, Terrios, rioters, roister

Middle English

Alternative forms

• storyer

Etymology

Either from storie +‎ -er or a shortening of historier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔriːər/, /ˈstɔriər/

Noun

storier (plural storiers)

1. (rare, Late Middle English) historian, storyteller

References

• “stōrī̆er, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-05.