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1 jugulator [LL] , slayer, esp. cut-throat or strangler. D. Bec. 46 (v. gulosus 1a); Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 280 (v. jugulamen); sic infantis jugulator / est peccati demonstrator / et sanus efficitur Garl. SM 319; missi sunt subdoli sicarii et potionatores ac ~ores M. Par. Min. III 299; s1390 ut nullus occultus ~or quales mordrerers appellant Anglici Wals. HA II 196; Feudal Man. 137 (v. frustulum 1); nomina ~orum: ‥ hic gladiator, a swerdplaer WW.
2 jugulator [ME, AN jugulor < joculator] , entertainer, minstrel, juggler. 1311 cuidam ~ori domini regis, v s. Ac. Durh. 508; nomina ~orum: hic ~or, A. a jogoler; hic citharista, A. a herper; ‥ hic saltator, a tumbler WW.

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