mounter
noun
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noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English mount English -er English mounter From mount + -er.
- One who mounts.
- A tool or device used to mount.
- A person hired to swear to something that is false.
“[…] perjury reaches the most awful height. I have heard of mounters, who attend Westminster Hall and other courts, to swear to any thing that may be required of them, for a trifling fee.”