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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1420
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Dytour(e, Ditour, n. [ME. dytour (1303) in other senses, AF. ditour, OF. dit(e)or, ditur.] A dictator. — c1420 Wynt. iv. 189.
The Romanys a dytoure made That oure the lawe the maystry had c1420 Ib. 2295.
Dytoure [W. ditour] that tyme thai hym made
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