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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1577-1578
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Corruptour, -tur, n. [e.m.E. corruptour (1546), L. corruptor. Cf. Corruptar.] A corrupter. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xliv. 165.
Sic corrupturis as thu To me at lykyne spekis nov a1400 Ib. 177.
Corruptouris of cors ar thai [etc.] a1578 Pitsc. I. 140/6.
The werie corruptouris of goode ingynes
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