Palfreyman
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A groom who specializes in palfreys or good quality riding horses.
"Grant, for life or until other order, to William de Woubourn, one Leeds Castle, of the king's palfreymen, for long service and because he is now too feeble to work, of 2d. daily towards his sustenance and 10s. for his robe and 4s. 8d. for his shoe-leather, yearly, out of the issues of the county of Nottingham."
Example
More examples"Grant, for life or until other order, to William de Woubourn, one Leeds Castle, of the king's palfreymen, for long service and because he is now too feeble to work, of 2d. daily towards his sustenance and 10s. for his robe and 4s. 8d. for his shoe-leather, yearly, out of the issues of the county of Nottingham."
Etymology
From palfrey + -man.
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