Show Search Results Show Browse
A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Enga(d)ger, n. [e.m.E. engager (1653). Cf. Ingadger.] One taking part in the engagement of 1648. — 1649 Elgin Rec. II. 262.
Compeired these late engadgers whose names followes Ib. 267.
The act concerneing receiueing of engagers and malignants was read 1651 Lamont Diary 28.
Sundrie of the engadgers were admitted to be members of this comittie
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Engager n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 29 Sep 2023 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/engadger>
