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scawagerius

scawagerius [ME scawager < AN scawageour; cf. scawagium+-arius], elected municipal official, perh. orig. one who collected or administered scavage, responsible for public works, cleaning and maintaining streets, enforcing regulations for fire protection, and regulation of the watch, scavager. ? 1304 curia ~iorum Cal. LBLond. C196; 1307 pro curia de ~iis Ib. 151.

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