Definition of "detter" []

• A simplified spelling of debtor. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Say yea master vicar, & he shal sure confes to be your detter"
• "But rather euery manne fliall thnke thus with himfelfe, that he is altogether detter to his neighbours, & that he muft determine none other ende of vfing his hberaline, but when abihtie faileth, which how large fo cucr it be, muft be meafured by the rule of charitie."