Also 7 (Sc.) essonyier, -zier. [ad. AF. essoigniour (Britton), f. essoignier: see ESSOIN v.] One who essoins; one who offers an excuse for the absence of another.
1609. Skene, Reg. Maj., 111 b. It behoues the essonzier to name his awin name, and the name of him that is essonzied.
1651. trans. Kitchin’s Courts Baron, 374. The Name of the Essoyner shall be put in.
1671. F. Philipps, Reg. Necess., 397. An Essoin de Service le Roy was challenged, for that the Essoiner was under age.
1889. Univ. Rev., Nov., 436. In the High Court of Night Be thou essoiner for us unto Death.
