cheater (the mod. sense occurs Err. I. ii. 101, 2H4 II. iv. 150; S. plays on the other senses)
1.
officer
appointed to look after the king's escheats (see
CHEAT), who would have opportunities of defrauding
people of their estates; used fig. Wiv. I. iii. 75 (F2
“Cheator”), Tit. V. i. 111, Sonn. cli. 3.
2.
“tame cheater,” (?)
decoy duck or other tame animal used as a decoy
2H4 II. iv. 105.
