Meanings
plural murengers · alternative muringer
- An officer in charge of the town walls, or their repairs.
The murengers have walled the pale, the gates are shut, but lo the thing's inside and can you guess his shape?
1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, page 5
Origin
- Latinmurus“a wall”
- Old Frenchmuragier“an officer in charge of town walls, receiving toll for repairs”
- Middle Englishmurager
- Englishmurenger
From Middle English murager, from Old French muragier (“an officer in charge of town walls, receiving toll for repairs”), from murage (“tax levied for the building or repairing of town walls”), from Latin murus (“a wall”) + -aticum.
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