different between enchauntour vs enchantour

English

Noun

enchauntour (plural enchauntours)

1. Obsolete form of enchanter.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• enchanteor, enchauntur, enchaunter, enchaunture, enchauntor, enchantour, enchantur, enchanter, enchountour

Etymology

From Old French enchanteor, from Latin incant?tor; equivalent to enchaunten +? -our.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?an?tu?r/, /?n?t?antur/, /?n?t?ant?r/, /-t?au?n-/

Noun

enchauntour (plural enchauntours)

1. enchanter (magic-user)
   • 14^th C., Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Parson's Tale, section 38, [1]

     But lat us go now to thilke horrible sweryng of adjuracioun and conjuracioun, as doon thise false enchauntours or nigromanciens in bacyns ful of water, or in a bright swerd, in a cercle, or in a fir, or in a shulderboon of a sheep.

Descendants

• English: enchanter
• Scots: enchanter

References

• “enchaunt?ur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-12-10.

English

Noun

enchantour (plural enchantours)

1. Obsolete form of enchanter.

Middle English

Noun

enchantour

1. Alternative form of enchauntour