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diezmero.
(a loanword from Spanish)
Headword:
diezmero.
Principal English Translation:
the person who collected the diezmo, the tenth (tithe)
Orthographic Variants:
diesmero, diesmeroti
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
yhua oticpopoloque ynquac huitza diesmeroti ome tiçetlaCaltl ynpanpa trigo çetlaCatl ynpanpa polostin. Yntech omonec yn Cotlaqueque yc omoCouhtlqrali yhuan bino ome peSo, 2 pos = Y gastamos algo cuando los dos diezmeros vienen: un hombre para el trigo y otro hombre para los pollos. Y [los diezmeros] necesitaban comer. Entonces pagamos comida y vino para ellos. [Costó] dos pesos. (San Andrés Chiautla, 1638)