Meaning of Cater | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname originating as an occupation.
2. Synonym of acater: an officer who purchased cates (food supplies) for the steward of a large household or estate.
   obsolete
3. Four.
   obsolete, rare
4. Synonym of caterer: any provider of food.
   obsolete
5. The four of cards or dice.
   obsolete
6. Synonym of purveyor: any provider of anything.
   figuratively, obsolete
7. A method of ringing nine bells in four pairs with a ninth tenor bell.

Equivalents

Examples

“I am oure Catour and bere oure Alther purse.”

“Rec. for iij calvys off þe cater of Crystis Cherche.”

“Of his diete catour was scarsite...”

“The eye is loues Cator.”

“The auditour... cometh in with sise sould, and cater denere, for vi.s. and iiii.d.”

“Cater is a very good caste.”

“The very terms of the art are enough to frighten an amateur. Hunting, dodging... caters, cinques, etc.”

“Cater... The name given by change ringers to changes of nine bells. The word should probably be written quaters, as it is meant to denote the fact that four couples of bells change their places in the order of ringing.”

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