Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Courtillier Juge de Paix
English translation:
the person's name
French term
Cortillier Juge de Paix
| 3 +2 | the person's name |
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Jul 19, 2008 14:32: writeaway changed "Field" from "Law/Patents" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "Law (general)" to "Names (personal, company)"
Jul 19, 2008 14:33: writeaway changed "Field" from "Social Sciences" to "Law/Patents"
Jul 20, 2008 15:05: Nina Iordache changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/576816">Nina Iordache's</a> old entry - "Cortillier Juge de Paix "" to ""the person's name""
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Proposed translations
the person's name
Seeing the preceding context would be useful. You may just be reading/parsing the French incorrectly.
http://www.cevenols.com/vieuxmetiers.htm
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Note added at 54 mins (2008-07-19 13:29:12 GMT)
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Middle English Dictionary: D.1 - Google Books Result
by Hans Kurath - 1961 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 128 pages
[AF; CF cortillier.] A friar in charge of gardening; maister ~, chief gardener. [(1243) Close R. Hen.Ш 82: Henricus le Curtiller. (1265) Pat.R. ...
books.google.be/books?isbn=0472010417
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Note added at 55 mins (2008-07-19 13:29:59 GMT)
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Two Old French Satires on the Power of the Keys: L'escommeniement ... - Google Books Result
by Daron Burrows, University of Oxford European ... - 2005 - Literary Criticism - 145 pages
... pointy Pa 90 cortillier, sm. gardener Es 138 cortois, adj. courtly, good Pa 35 cortoisie, sf. courtly virtue, goodness Pa 30*, 38 cousine, sf. ...
books.google.be/books?isbn=1904713092
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