tabler

noun — 2 senses

tabler

noun

/ˈteɪbələ(ɹ)/ · /ˈteɪblə(ɹ)/

Etymology From table + -er.

1

Agent Agent noun of the verb to table; one who tables.

  • ...it has developed up to this point she has functioned as the tabler of topics specifically aimed at the affairs of Muriel and William's nuclear family.1991, Richard J. Watts, Power in Family Discourse, page 166:
2

Obsolete One who boards others for payment.

  • The scene, the engine; but he now is come / To be the music-master; tabler tooa. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:

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