Obs. [f. med.L. summista: see prec. and -ER1.] = prec. 1, 1 b.
1586. Stanyhurst, in J. Hooker’s Hist. Irel., in Holinshed, II. 80. If the historian be long, he is accompted a trifler: if he be short, he is taken for a summister.
1598. Meane in Spending, G 2 b. And thus, though rudely, haue I plaid the Summister.
