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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1530, 1581-1585
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Blasphematour, -ature, n. [Late ME. (Caxton), F. blasphémateur, late L. blasphēmātor.] A blasphemer. 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 392.
Blasphematours, beggaris, and commoun bardis 1581 Satirical Poems xliv. 235.
Cuninghame, bischop, that drunkin blasphemature a1585 Polwart Flyt. 637.
Sike a tryed traitour And babling blasphematour
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