rattoner
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English ratoner; equivalent to ratton + -er.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rattoner
- (obsolete, historical) A ratcatcher.
- 1834 [1521], Daniel Gurney, Household and Privy Purse Accounts of the Lestranges of Hunstanton, from A.D. 1519 to A.D. 1578[1], page 28:
- It̃m pd to ye seid Rattoner for leyeng of ye cham's for ratts
- 1874, Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Volume 2[2], page 129:
- Also, for 8d. paid to a rattoner, who destroyed the rattons (rattones, rats) in the chambers of the Fellows...