subs. (old cant).—1. A CADGER (q.v.); a beggar mountain-guide. [GESENIUS: ‘prob. Heb. AARON is a derivative of Hāron = a mountaineer.’]
2. (thieves’).—The leader of a gang: always with ‘THE’ as a prefix.
3. (old).—a leader of the church.
1607. E. TOPSELL, Four-footed Beasts, ‘Ep. Dedic.’ AARONS and such as sit at the Helme of the Church … I mean both Bishops and Doctors.
