skirmissarius, ~or
[ME skirmesour, OF escremisseor, eskiermisseur], person employed in or skilled at fighting with a sword or other weapon, fencer, ‘skirmisher’ (as class of entertainer, passing into surname).11‥illas duas bovatas terre ‥ que fuerunt Alexandri ~iiFeod. Durh.124n (cf. ib.: Alexandri Eschirmissur); c1165testibus ‥ Roberto SkirmisoreE. Ch. YorksIII 1527 p. 215.