recettour

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === recettor, recettoure recetteur, reicetter, resettyr, ressettour (Late Middle English); resettour, ressettyr (Early Scots) receiptour, resceitour, resseitour (influenced by forms of receyt) === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman recettour, recettour, from Latin receptātor; by surface analysis, recet (“refuge”) +‎ -our (“-er, -or”). Compare receptour. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌrɛːsɛˈtuːr/, /ˌrɛsɛˈtuːr/ IPA(key): /rɛˈsɛtur/, /rɛˈsɛtər/, /rɛː-/ (reduced; influenced by recet) IPA(key): /rɛˈsæi̯tur/, /rɛˈsæi̯tər/, /rɛː-/ (reduced; influenced by receyt) === Noun === recettour (plural recettours) A shelterer of criminals. Synonym: receptour (uncommon) A fence; a shelterer of stolen goods. ==== Descendants ==== English: receipter, receiptor (obsolete) Middle Scots: resettar, ressettar → English: resetter ==== References ==== “recettǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “receitǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.