assailour

Middle English

Alternative forms

• assailer, assailere, assaylour

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman assaillour, assaillur; equivalent to assailen +‎ -our.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˌsæi̯ˈluːr/, /aˈsæi̯lər/

Noun

assailour (plural assailours) (rare)

1. An enemy combatant.
2. 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.