porthors

English

Noun

porthors

1. Alternative spelling of porteous

Anagrams

• Prothros

Middle English

Noun

porthors

1. breviary
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Shypmans Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     On my porthors I make an oth.

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