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rattoner en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹætnə(ɹ)/
  • /ˈɹætənə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English ratoner; equivalent to ratton + -er.

Meanings

  1. (historical, obsolete) A ratcatcher.
    • Some of the children would grow up to be Rattoner's ^([sic]) / This was never a fancy job, but it paid the bills 2014, Tiffany Simar, The Window, page 146:
    • It̃m pᵈ to yᵉ seid Rattoner for leyeng of yᵉ cham's for ratts 1834 [1521], Daniel Gurney, Household and Privy Purse Accounts of the Lestranges of Hunstanton, from A.D. 1519 to A.D. 1578, page 28:
    • Also, for 8d. paid to a rattoner, who destroyed the rattons (rattones, rats) in the chambers of the Fellows... 1874, Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Volume 2, page 129: