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cro·sier (krō′z̸hər)

noun

  1. a staff with a crook at the top, carried by or before a bishop or abbot as a symbol of his pastoral function
  2. Bot. fiddlehead (sense )

Etymology: ME crocer < OFr crocier, bearer of a staff < croce, bishop's staff < ML crocia < Frank *krukja (akin to crutch); prob. infl. by assoc. with OFr croc, hook, hooked staff (< ON krōkr: see crook)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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