caution
noun
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness.
cautioner
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a word derived from
caution.
Example Sentences
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On the 11th of December next, John Gordon of Pitlurg becomes cautioner in one thousand merks that Colin will not injure Andrew, Lord Dingwall, his tenants, or servants.
From History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Alexander Mackenzie
It admits no repentance, it speaks of no pardon, it declares no cautioner or redeemer.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
"Surely every man's no under the rule o' his wife," said she, with the view to leading to another cautioner.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 by John Mackay Wilson
He dying as a cautioner and public person, believers are accounted in law to be dead to sin in him.
From Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life by John (of Wamphray) Brown
I perhaps I might have got a cautioner, but the money I did not have.
From Second Shetland Truck System Report by William Guthrie
