assailour
Middle English
Alternative forms
- assailere, assaylour, assailer
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman assaillour, assaillur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈsɛi̯luːr/, /aˈsɛi̯lər/
Noun
assailour (plural assailours)
- (rare) A enemy combatant.
- (rare) A rebuker or scolder.
Descendants
- English: assailer
References
- “assailǒur, -er (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.