cautioner

English

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English caution
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-os?
Proto-Indo-European *-o-
Proto-Indo-European *-so-
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós
Proto-Italic *-āsijos
Proto-Italic *-āsios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
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Latin -ārius
Old French -ierbor.
Middle English -er
English -er
English cautioner

    From caution + -er.

    Noun

    cautioner (plural cautioners)

    1. A person who cautions.
    2. (Scotland) A surety.
      • 1693, James Dalrymple Stair, The institutions of the law of Scotland, page 755:
        Fourteen Days are only allowed for Sists of Execution, from the Date the Bill was signed, for the Clerks inquiring in the Condition of the Cautioner […]

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