Alanorarius

{{Short description|Keeper of spaniels for hunting and falconry}}

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An alanorarius, in ancient European customs, was a keeper or manager of spaniels, or setting-dogs, for the sports of hunting and falconry.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BT6KZRqoy90C&dq=Alanorarius&pg=PA236|title=The English Encyclopædia: Being a Collection of Treatises, and a Dictionary of Terms, Illustrative of the Arts and Sciences|year=1802|publisher=G. Kearsley}}

The word is formed from the Gothic Alan, a greyhound.

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Category:Hunting

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