essoiner

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noun

An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.

OriginAnglo-Norman essoigniour ← Old French essoignier →
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Meanings

nounessoiner (plural essoiners)

plural essoiners

  1. EnglandarchaiclawAn attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchessoignier
  2. Anglo-Normanessoigniour
  3. Englishessoiner

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman essoigniour, from Old French essoignier. By surface analysis, essoin + -er.

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APA

essoiner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/essoiner

MLA

“essoiner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/essoiner. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “essoiner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/essoiner.

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