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Quotation dates: 1521-1697
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Servito(u)r, n. Also: serwitour, servato(u)r, serveter. [Appar. altered form of Serviet(t n.] A table-napkin or serviette. 1629 [Lowther's Jrnl. 41.
The Scottish Dialect … serviter, a table napkin](a) 1521–2 Dundee B. Ct. I fol. 75 (5 Feb.).
ij seruatouris of lynnyng 1565 Protocol Book of Gilbert Grote 69.
Serwitouris 1622 Edinburgh Testaments LI 282.
Ane hardin buirdclaith with aucht servitouris 1625 Edinburgh Testaments LIII 77.
Ane stand of layd wark seruitouris(b) 1521–2 Old Dundee II 239.
A bout-bind claith, a towel, and twa servators of linen 1530 Balmerino and L. Chart. ii 32.
vij seruitors of dornyth werk 1670 Salmon Borrowstounness 92.
Sufficient trunchers, servitors and spoones 1697 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct.) 7 July.
Eight servitors(c) a1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 38b.
Ane dosone serueteris
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