sparviter

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noun

In falconry, a keeper of sparhawks.

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Meanings

nounsparviter (plural sparviters)

plural sparviters

  1. obsoleteIn falconry, a keeper of sparhawks.

    Ye shall vnderstonde that thay be calde Ostregeris that kepe Goshawkys or Tercellis, and tho that kepe Sperhawkys and muskettys ben called Speruiteris, and keperis of all other hawkys ben callidde Faukeneris.

    1486, Book of Saint Albans
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