- Beggestere
- A female beggar. -Cf. -estere
Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. Christopher Coredon with Ann Williams.
Beggestere
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Beggestere — Beg ge*stere, n. [Beg + ster.] A beggar. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Baxter — A baker; the female form was baxtere . [< OldEngl. baecere; bascestere is the female form] Cf. Beggestere … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
-estere — A suffix indicating a female. Cf. Beggestere … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
beggar — {{11}}beggar (n.) c.1200, from O.Fr. begart, originally a member of the Beghards, lay brothers of mendicants in the Low Countries, from M.Du. beggaert mendicant, of uncertain origin, with pejorative suffix (see ARD (Cf. ard)). Cf. BEGUINE (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
