Obs. [f. as prec. + -ER1.] = FINANCIER 1.
a. 1630. R. Johnson, Relations of the Most Famous Kingdoms, etc., 166. His Financers and Officers used for the collection.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Financer, an Exchequer-man, Receiver, Under-Treasurer or Teller in the Exchequer.
1666. Lond. Gaz., No. 37/2. The Financers and Partisans were here [Paris] for some time in a little ease.
1769. Goldsm., Hist. Rome, I. 421. The financers or farmers of the public revenue ….
