portioner

[ pawr-shuh-ner, pohr- ]

noun

1. a person who receives or holds a portion, or who divides something into portions.

Word History and Origins

Origin of portioner¹

First recorded in 1545–55; portion + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Adam Weir, Portioner in Laichmont, is a name which may be found figuring in the Cloud of Witnesses, or in that very silly book, Mr Simpson's Traditions of the Covenanters.

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Your servant, sir," said the Linton portioner; "I did not think you had been acquainted here.

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Here lyes James Ramsay, portioner of Melrose, who died July 15th, 1761.

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This was his brother-in-law, and one of his elders, Mr. Robert Johnston, married to his sister Violet, a merchant and portioner in Biggar, a remarkable man, of whom it is difficult to say to strangers what is true, without being accused of exaggeration.

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"You are at your studies?" said Mr. Spencer to him, going up to his side with a little deference for the General, and a little familiarity for the son of a plain Portioner of Glen Shira who was to be seen any day coming down the glen in his cart, with a mangy sporran flapping rather emptily in front of his kilt.

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