单词 | compromiser |
释义 | compromisern.ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > settling quarrels or disputes > arbitration > arbitrator noumperec1350 umpire?c1400 arbitrator1426 mid-man1459 wardsman1482 appointer1523 daysman1530 arbiter1548 moderator1556 oddsman1571 compromitter1579 compromiser1598 compromittee1602 umpirer1650 goodman1836 honest broker1878 leopard-skin chief1933 leopard-skin priest1951 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Mezzanaro, a mediatour, an vmpier, an arbitrator, a compromiser. a1654 J. Webster & W. Rowley Cure for Cuckold (1661) iv. i. sig. Fv My brother and the other Compromiser come to take up the business. 2. One who enters into a compromise; an advocate of compromise or partial concession. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > compromise > [noun] > advocate or of capitulator1611 compounder1735 compromiser1818 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Compromiser, he who makes concession. 1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 769 All others are temporizers, waiters upon occasion and opportunity, compromisers, oscillators. 1874 J. Morley On Compromise 165 Perhaps the compromiser shrinks..because he thinks that the time has not yet come. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. 75 The Minister who had seemed a daring Reformer to one generation might seem but a chilly compromiser to another. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1598 |
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