Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CUSTODIER, n. A custodian (Sc. [1826] R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes (1870) 239). Now esp. Sc. (N.E.D.).Sc. 1820 Scott Abbot xix.:
He had become . . . the custodier, as the Scottish phrase went, of some important state secret.Sc. 1904 P. Hume Brown Intro. p. xi. to T. G. Law Collected Essays:
Mr. Law's first care was for the noble library of which he was the chief custodier.
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