rattoner

rattoner

English

Etymology

From Middle English ratoner; equivalent to ratton +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹætənə(ɹ)/, /ˈɹætnə(ɹ)/

Noun

rattoner

1. (obsolete, historical) ratcatcher
   • 1834 [1521], Daniel Gurney, Household and Privy Purse Accounts of the Lestranges of Hunstanton, from A.D. 1519 to A.D. 1578‎, page 28:

     It̃m p^d to y^e seid Rattoner for leyeng of y^e cham's for ratts

   • 1874, Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Volume 2‎, page 129:

     Also, for 8d. paid to a rattoner, who destroyed the rattons (rattones, rats) in the chambers of the Fellows...

   • 2014, Tiffany Simar, The Window‎, page 146:

     Some of the children would grow up to be Rattoner's ^[sic] / This was never a fancy job, but it paid the bills

Anagrams

• teratorn