Obs. [? f. LAG v.3 + -ER1.] = WATER-LEADER.

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1519.  Horman, Vulg., 222 b. There is rysen a fray amonge the water laggers [L. amphorarios].

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c. 1520.  A. Barclay, trans. Sallust’s Jugurth, xxviii. 39. He commaunded … that the pages, waterlaggers, and scolyons shuld nat come nere the army, nor folowe the same [ne lixæ sequerentur exercitum].

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