Also 7 Sc. catiounar. [f. CAUTION sb. and v. + -ER1.]
1. Sc. Law. One who gives or becomes security for another; a surety; = CAUTION sb.1 b.
c. 1565. Lindesay (Pitscottie), Chron. Scot. (1728), 8. He became cautioner that such enormities … should not be committed in time coming.
1631. Rutherford, Lett., xix. (1862), I. 79. Jesus, as the Cautioner, is bound for us.
a. 1662. Heylin, Laud (1668), 299 (D.). That no Presbyter should hereafter become Surety or Cautioner for any Person whatsoever.
1846. Laing, in Knox’s Wks., I. 345, note. Patrick Murray … became cautioner for William Harlaw, and was amerciated for his non-appearance to underly the law.
1846. T. Chalmers, On Romans, xxi. Should an able Cautioner liquidate the whole.
1884. Sir E. E. Kay, in Law Times Rep., LI. 21/1. The case of a cautioner to the bank for one of their agents.
2. One who cautions or warns.
In mod. Dicts.
