parleyers

Before her eyes, before the eyes of the parleyers in the gateway and of the British watching from their batteries, it rose above the edge of the battlements and climbed half-way up the mast, or a little short of half-way.

Fort Amity Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

He could not know that the parleyers at the gate, appalled for an instant by the vision of Diane with a dozen savages in chase, had rallied at a yell from Dominique Guyon, pelted after him to the rescue, and were now at grips with the rearmost Oneidas -- a locked and heaving mass choking the narrow spirals of the stairway.

Fort Amity Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

This is so, I swear it; if not, stand forth, you parleyers, and give me the lie!

Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

The soldiers shouted exultingly as they beheld the feat, and when he had lowered the weapon and silence was restored, he continued, defiantly, while his breath came quick and short: "And where do the talkers, the parleyers seek to lead us?

Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867