mounter

noun — 3 senses

noun

Etymology From mount + -er.

One who mounts.

A tool or device used to mount.

Obsolete, Slang A person hired to swear to something that is false.

[…] perjury reaches the most awful height. I have heard of mounters, who attend Westminster Hall and other courts, to swear to any thing that may be required of them, for a trifling fee.1816, Means of improving the condition of the poor, Thomas Williams, page 31:

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