tither

From Middle English tither; equivalent to tithe +‎ -er.

tither (plural tithers)

1. One who collects tithes.
2. One who pays tithes.

• “tither”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• hitter, tireth, trieth

• tithar, tyther, tythere

From tithe +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːðər(ə)/

tither (plural tithers)

1. tither (a payer of tithes)

• English: tither

• “tīther(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old French tirer (“to draw, pull out with great effort, snatch violently, tear away”), of uncertain origin; possibly from Gothic *𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (*tiran, “to tear away, remove”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *derə- (“to tear, tear apart”). If derived from the Germanic word, cognate with Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (distairan, “to tear apart”), 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (gatairan, “to tear down, remove”), German zerren (“to tug”). Alternatively from a reduction of Old French martirier, from Late Latin *martyrāre.

tither (gerund tith'thie)

1. (Jersey) to pull
2. (Jersey) to shoot

• pousser (“to push”)