rattoner

English

Etymology

From Middle English ratoner; equivalent to ratton +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹætənə(ɹ)/, /ˈɹætnə(ɹ)/

Noun

rattoner

(obsolete, historical) ratcatcher
- 1834 [1521], Daniel Gurney, Household and Privy Purse Accounts of the Lestranges of Hunstanton, from A.D. 1519 to A.D. 1578‎, page 28:
  It̃m p^d to y^e seid Rattoner for leyeng of y^e cham's for ratts
- 1874, Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Volume 2‎, page 129:
  Also, for 8d. paid to a rattoner, who destroyed the rattons (rattones, rats) in the chambers of the Fellows...
- 2014, Tiffany Simar, The Window‎, page 146:
  Some of the children would grow up to be Rattoner's ^[sic] / This was never a fancy job, but it paid the bills

Anagrams

teratorn

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