murengert (murenjer)

[Also muringer, morenger (1); A nominal appointment to the office of Murenger still takes place annually [at Oswestry], though the active duties of the office have long ceased. Municip . Corp. Report , 1835, p. 2827. The charter of Henry VII. provides that the mayor and citizens [of Chester) "may yearly choose from among the citizens of the aforesaid city two citizens to be overseers of the walls of the aforesaid city, called Muragers,... and that they shall yearly overlook and repair the walls of the aforesaid city." Municip. Corp. Report, 1835, p. 2622. Mures (mūrēz), n. pl. [NL., pl. of L. mus ( mur- ), mouse: see Mus, mouse.] The Old World Murinæ as distinguished from the American Sig modontes by having the molar cusps in series of threes acro the teeth. There are many genera. The group is only a section of a subfamily of Muride.