mounter

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *móntis
Proto-Italic *monts
Latin mōns
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -āre
Vulgar Latin *montāre
Old French monterbor.
Middle English mounten
English mount
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-os?
Proto-Indo-European *-o-
Proto-Indo-European *-so-
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-
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 mounter

    From mount + -er.

    Noun

    mounter (plural mounters)

    1. One who mounts.
    2. A tool or device used to mount.
    3. (slang, obsolete) A person hired to swear to something that is false.
      • 1816, Means of improving the condition of the poor, Thomas Williams, page 31:
        […] perjury reaches the most awful height. I have heard of mounters, who attend Westminster Hall and other courts, to swear to any thing that may be required of them, for a trifling fee.

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    References

    • (false swearer): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary

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