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acatour (iou)



acatour noun.Also acater, achatour, achater. ME-M18.
[Anglo-Norman & early Old French acateor (later Old French achatour), from ac(h)ater: see ACATE, -OUR.]
A purchaser of provisions; a purveyor; a caterer.
? Achatour came to be restricted to the title of an officer in the royal household; acatour, -er passed into common use and was aphetized to CATER noun1.
acatery, achatry noun provisions purchased; the storeroom for such provisions: LME-M18.