enchauntour

English

Noun

enchauntour (plural enchauntours)

  1. Obsolete form of enchanter.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French enchanteor, from Latin incantātor; equivalent to enchaunten + -our.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛnˌtʃanˈtuːr/, /ɛnˈtʃantur/, /ɛnˈtʃantər/, /-tʃau̯n-/

Noun

enchauntour (plural enchauntours)

  1. enchanter (magic-user)
    • 14th C., Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Parson's Tale, section 38,
      But lat us go now to thilke horrible sweryng of adjuracioun and conjuracioun, as doon thise false enchauntours or nigromanciens in bacyns ful of water, or in a bright swerd, in a cercle, or in a fir, or in a shulderboon of a sheep.

Descendants

  • English: enchanter
  • Scots: enchanter

References

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