essoiner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.

Word forms

essoiner essoiners

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman essoigniour, from Old French essoignier. By surface analysis, essoin + -er.

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