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单词 carriage man
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carriage mann.

Brit. /ˈkarɪdʒ man/, U.S. /ˈkɛrɪdʒ ˌmæn/
Inflections: Plural carriagemen.
Forms: see carriage n. and man n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: carriage n., man n.1
Etymology: < carriage n. + man n.1Attested earlier as a surname: Ade Carriageman (1374, Durham).
1. Chiefly Scottish. A man employed to transport goods, supplies, etc.; (sometimes) spec. one who drives a horse and cart used for this purpose. Now historical.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > conveyor of goods by vehicle > with a horse and cart
carriage man1487
tranter1601
foremanc1660
jagger1887
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 275 The cariage-men and the pouerale.
1532 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 158 To iiij careage men for iiij hors to turs the bulletis and uthir graith.
1551 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1880) II. 70 Maister Alexander..sall fynd..ane cariage man to bring hame our fysche.
1643 Readinesse of Scots to advance into Eng. sig. A3 v There is likewise allowed one carriage horse for every twelve foot-men, and one carriage man for every two horses.
1710 Act 9 Anne c. 30 §9 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IX. 499 No Coal Owner of any Collieries or Coal Mines..shall knowingly employ or set at work any Overman Under-Overman Pitman Sinker, Carriage-man [etc.].
1815 Virginia Argus 6 Dec. The baggage of officers should be as light as possible, to be packed in the smallest possible compass, and adapted to the occasional carriage men.
2012 War in Hist. 19 286 Barbour..mentions the rabble, or carriage men and poor folk, that were as great in numbers as the fighting men.
2. The driver of a horse-drawn carriage; (also) a footman or other attendant for a horse-drawn carriage. Now chiefly historical.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of specific type of carriage
vetturino1789
volantier1791
phaetoneer1795
dragsman1812
carriage man1857
bandymana1881
tonga wallah1942
society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > footman
footmanc1405
foot knavea1425
lackey1512
lacket1523
staffier1532
outrunner1598
fore-footman1610
skip-kennel1668
fart-catcher1785
carriage man1857
1857 E. L. Lane Let. 6 Oct. in Louisiana Hist. (1960) 1 246 The carriage horses are handsome-built animals, large and milk-white in color, so you see my ‘Par [Pa] Lane’ goes in style. Henry, the carriage man, is..as polite as can be.
1874 For Beauty's Sake x. 192 The carriage man groaned at being the cause of the death of the prettiest little creature he had seen for many a long year.
1950 O. Floyd & S. Thorne Joy is Banner 108 The carriage man at Shepard Norwell's Store was helping her into the barouche.
2013 Financial Times (Nexis) 3 Aug. (House & Home Suppl.) 2 ‘When the house was first built,’ he says, ‘a lot of people worked here—carriage men, gardeners, cooks.’
3. A man who rides in his own private carriage; (by implication) a wealthy or well-to-do gentleman. Cf. carriage n. Compounds 3c. Obsolete.
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?1860 A. Mursell Lect. to Working Men 3rd Ser. II. xii. 168 But there are rich men in our city—carriage men, influential men, important men, who will know what I mean.
1866 ‘B. O'Barry’ Queer Customers 154 Mr. Timothy Tugg made money, as I have said, lived now in a ‘square’, became a ‘carriage man’, took periodic Continental pleasure trips.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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