essoiner

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman essoigniour, from Old French essoignier. By surface analysis, essoin +‎ -er.

Noun

essoiner (plural essoiners)

1. (England, archaic, law) An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.

References

• “essoiner”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “essoiner, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• roseines