taverner
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French tavernier.
Noun
edittaverner (plural taverners)
- (archaic) Someone who owns or runs a tavern.
- Synonyms: innkeeper, tavernkeeper
- 1919, Arthur Train, Tutt and Mr. Tutt[1]:
- In the Ninth Year Book of that Monarch's reign there is a case in which it was held that 'if I go to a tavern to eat, and the taverner gives and sells me meat and it corrupted, whereby I am made very sick, action lies against him without any express warranty, for there is a warranty in law'; and in the time of Henry the Seventh the learned Justice Keilway said, 'No man can justify selling corrupt victual, but an action on the case lies against the seller, whether the victual was warranted to be good or not.'
Derived terms
editTranslations
editsomeone who owns or runs a tavern — see innkeeper
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French tavernier; equivalent to tavern + -er.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittaverner (plural taverneres)
- taverner (one who runs a tavern).
Descendants
edit- English: taverner (archaic)
References
edit- “taverner(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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- enm:Food and drink
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