[f. QUARTER v. + -ER1.] One who quarters, in various senses of the verb; esp. one who takes up quarters, a lodger.
1648. C. Walker, Hist. Independ., I. 66. If these quarterers offer violence … they are protected.
1681. W. Robertson, Phraseol. Gen. (1693), 1040. A quarterer or hang-man.
a. 1802. Dk. Athole’s Nurse, ix. in Child, Ballads, IV. 152. Had you a quarterer here last night,… We are come to clear his lawing.
1881. W. Gregor, Folk-Lore, 57. Now and again there was a quarterer in the family. There was a class of respectable beggars, whose vocation was not looked upon as disreputable.
