mainpernor

== English == === Alternative forms === mainpernour (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English meynpernour, from Anglo-Norman mainprenour, from mainprendre +‎ -our. See modern French main, preneur. === Noun === mainpernor (plural mainpernors) (law, historical) In England in the Middle Ages, a surety (kind of guarantor) a guarantor that a ship would dock under the old writ of mainprise, a guarantor for a prisoner's appearance in court. === References === “mainpernor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.