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Japanner|dʒəˈpænə(r)| [f. Japan n. and v. + -er1.] I. †1. A native of Japan; a Japanese. †b. A Japanese ship. Obs.
1614J. Saris Japan (Hakl. Soc.) 198 The Towne where the Iapanners haue their chiefe residence and Mart, is called Matchma. 1673Dryden Amboyna v. i, With the aid Of ten Japanners, all of them unarmed. 1719De Foe Crusoe ii. xiii, Two Japanners, I mean ships from Japan. 1725― Voy. round World (1840) 100 Seven or eight Chinese or Japanners. 1764Mem. G. Psalmanazar 213 The young Japaner had been presented to the Archbishop of Canterbury. II. 2. (With lower-case initial.) One who japans, one who follows the trade of varnishing with japan.
1695Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) III. 513 To find out the author, who is a japanner. c1790J. Imison Sch. Art II. 1 Take japanners gold size of the best sort. 1846Art-Union Jrnl. 59 Formerly the japanner was limited to iron plates. †b. humorous. A shoe-black. Obs.
1725De Foe Everybody's Business (1841) 20 These are called the black-guard, who black your honour's shoes, and incorporate themselves under the title of the Worshipful Company of Japanners. 1734Pope Hor. Ep. i. i. 156 They..Prefer a new Japanner to their shoes. |