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Definition of Tranters
1. tranter [n] - See also: tranter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tranters
Literary usage of Tranters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Thomas Hardy Dictionary: The Characters and Scenes of the Novels and Poems by F. Outwin Saxelby (1911)
"... at the Three tranters Inn at ... FITLER, Mrs. She was the chambermaid at the
Three tranters Inn at ..."
2. Journal by Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate (1823)
"... was made by Mr. «VR Smith anil Mr. R. Smith, to- amend the same by adding to
the end thereof the following, to wit: " Provided that the savi tranters ..."
3. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empireby Edward Gibbon by Edward Gibbon (1837)
"The •tranters retreated to their ships but the populous «»ea- coast poured forth
a multitude of boats; the waters of the Po were so deeply infected with ..."
4. The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays by Richard Cumberland (1791)
"... fave that of circumambulating the colleges and public buildings with (tranters,
who came to gaze about them for ..."
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