enchauntour

English

Noun

enchauntour (plural enchauntours)

1. Obsolete form of enchanter.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• enchanteor, enchauntur, enchaunter, enchaunture, enchauntor, enchantour, enchantur, enchanter, enchountour

Etymology

From Old French enchanteor, from Latin incantātor; equivalent to enchaunten +‎ -our.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˌtʃanˈtuːr/, /ɛnˈtʃantur/, /ɛnˈtʃantər/, /-tʃau̯n-/

Noun

enchauntour (plural enchauntours)

1. enchanter (magic-user)
   • 14^th C., Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Parson's Tale, section 38, [1]

     But lat us go now to thilke horrible sweryng of adjuracioun and conjuracioun, as doon thise false enchauntours or nigromanciens in bacyns ful of water, or in a bright swerd, in a cercle, or in a fir, or in a shulderboon of a sheep.

Descendants

• English: enchanter
• Scots: enchanter

References

• “enchauntǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-12-10.