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passagiarius

passagiarius [ML; OF passagier < passaticus+-arius] 1 (of boat) for passengers, passenger-. b (as sb.) passenger-boat, ship that carries travellers. 1295 circa preparacionem navium passagiar’ contra passagium cardinalium Prests 108; 1315 in reparacione batelli passagar’ de Aberdeny de com’ de Meryonyth’ Pipe 160 r. 55d.; 1326 omnes naves passagar’ quas habere poteritis ‥ usque portum nostrum Dovorr’ venire faciatis pro dictis hominibus ad arma exinde usque in Flandr’ ‥ vehendis Cl 657.  b in duobus passageriis et uno farecost pro ‥ de Dovorr’ versus ‥ Cales conductis ‥ pro quolibet passagerio lxxiij s. iiij d. et pro predicto farecost xlvj s. viij d. (KR Ac) EHR XXI 736. 2 (as sb. m.) one who operates a passenger-boat, ferryman. 1287 si monachus ‥ batellum dieti ~ii ibi presentem invenerit et ~ius vel sui noluerint ipsum ‥ transducere, tunc ipse alium sibi batellum conducat Thorne 1947; 1294 de v ~iis portus qui debent sumptibus propriis in batello regis facere passagium pro una carucata et duabus bovatis terre quas tenent Tribal System app. 4; 1440 solute ~iis de Bute et de Cowale de tribus annis hujus compoti ‥ iij bolle ordei ExchScot 87.

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