fermerere

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === fermerer === Etymology === From Old French enfermerier, from enfermerie (“infirmary”). See infirmary. === Noun === fermerere (plural fermereres) The officer in charge of the infirmary in a religious house. late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Summoner's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1859-1862: === References === “fermerere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.