Sc. ? Obs. Also 6 wanfler, -ar. [? f. prec. + -ER1.] ? A beau, gallant.
15[?]. R. Semple, in Bannatyne MS. (Hunterian Club), 352. Catitois [= Cotytto’s] clerkis quhois college ye frequentit, Quhen ye wor wanfleris of hir wantoun band.
1580. Hay, Demandes, in Cath. Tract. (S.T.S.), 62. Quhether it becomes ecclesiasticall men … to have ane certain apparell quhairbe thai may be knawin be the laical people, or to be cled as wanflars.
1583. Philotus, xvi. (Bannatyne Club). With him mair treitment on ane day, And get mair making off ȝe may, Nor with ane Wamfler, suith to say, Quhen twentie ȝeiris ar spent.
1836. J. Struthers, Dychmont, IV. 412. We joy to see Thee from such wicked wamflers free.
