mainpernor
English
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mainpernor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Alternative forms
- mainpernour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English meynpernour, from Anglo-Norman mainprenour, from mainprendre + -our. See modern French main, preneur.
Noun
mainpernor (plural mainpernors)
- (law) A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day.