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, [1]
      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

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