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SUMMONER
Etymology
Noun
summoner (plural summoners)
One who summons or evokes, particularly in legal contexts.
(historical) An apparitor; An officer of an ecclesiastical court whose job it was to deliver a summons to an offending member of the diocese.
A small bell for summoning an employee to provide service.
Anagrams
• resummon
Source: Wiktionary
Sum"mon*er, n. Etym: [OE. somner, sompnour, OF. semoneor, F. semonneur. See Summon, v. t.]
Definition: One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear in court; an apparitor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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