storier
English
Etymology
From Middle English storier; equivalent to story + -er.
Noun
storier (plural storiers)
- (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 […]
- c. 1449–1455, Reginald Peacock, Represser of over-much weeting [blaming] of the Clergie
References
- storier in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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)
- (rare, Late Middle English) historian, storyteller
References
- “stōrī̆er, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-05.