| 单词 | city man |
| 释义 | > as lemmascity man city man n. (a) a man who is a (fellow) native or inhabitant of a city, or who has urban tastes or manners; (b) (in later use) British (also with capital initial) a man who works in the City of London, or in the financial or business sectors; cf. city gent n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] borough-manc1000 city mana1400 townsman1433 town manc1475 town dweller1484 oppidan?1548 burgher?1555 townsfolk1562 townsfolk1592 townswoman1612 town liver1620 town folk1679 citess1685 citizeness1754 citizette1798 townie1825 urban1835 townskip1837 townsperson1840 urbanite1892 burgheress1901 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > town- or city-dweller > [noun] > fellow townsman concitizen1428 co-citizen1488 comburgess1517 fellow citizen1550 townsman1562 conscive1578 town's bairn?1591 comburgher1605 townsfolk1614 townschild1621 city mana1661 townsboy1699 town folk1805 townie1824 townsfellow1830 homeboy1861 homie1929 homes1971 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > [noun] > money-dealer > capitalist or financier > in the City city gent1786 city man1836 a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Cite Hey tures Getes thir cite men fra stures. a1425 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Linc. Inn) (1952) 1611 Þe cite men [c1400 Laud citezeines] weoren wel wyȝt. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Exeter 274 Being intimate with his City-man..Baldwin of Devonshire. 1792 Analyt. Rev. Aug. 426 This description of city pageantry, and city men, will not probably have many readers beyond the city gates. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 137 The regular City man, who leaves Lloyd's at five o'clock, and drives home to Hackney, Clapton, Stamford-hill, or elsewhere. 1875 T. W. Higginson Eng. Statesmen iii. xvii. 350 He had made his mark in the mercantile world as a thoroughly representative City-man. 1927 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 21/1 He might be a city man and unacquainted with farm tools, but he knew machines. 2010 D. Cruickshank London's Sinful Secret xi. 281 Hanway was himself a City man, formerly with trade interests in St Petersburg. < as lemmas |
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