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hockettor en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) A knight of the post; a professional false witness.
    • Hockettor, or Hocqueteur, a knight of the post; a decayed man; a basket carrier. 1889, John Mounteney Lely, Wharton's Law-lexicon: Forming an Epitome of the Law of England; and Containing Full Explanations of the Technical Terms and Phrases Thereof, Both Ancient and Modern. Including the Various Legal Terms Used in Commercial Business; Together with a Translation of Latin Law Maxims, and Selected Titles from the Civil, Scotch, and Indian Law, Stevens, page 349:
  2. (obsolete) A decayed or degraded man.
  3. (obsolete) A basket carrier; a low-status porter who carries goods in a basket.

Forms

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hockettors Number=Plur lexicographic
hocqueteur alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

knight of the post