French

Noun

preneur m ‎(plural preneurs, feminine preneuse)

1. taker; one who takes
2. a lessee, a renter

See also

• bailleur

Old French

Alternative forms

• pernir
• pernour (Anglo-Norman)
• preneor
• preneeor
• prenour (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From pren-, stem of prendre +‎ -eur.

Noun

preneur m ‎(oblique plural preneurs, nominative singular preneurs, nominative plural preneur)

1. taker (one who takes

Descendants

• English: pernor (borrowed)
• French: preneur

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (preneor, supplement)
• preneur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub