Alanorarius
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An alanorarius, in ancient European customs, was a keeper or manager of spaniels, or setting-dogs, for the sports of hunting and falconry.[1]
The word is formed from the Gothic Alan, a greyhound.
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[edit] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Alanorarius". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
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