单词 | corporator |
释义 | corporatorn. Now chiefly Indian English. A member of a corporation, esp. a municipal corporation. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > corporation or body corporate > member incorporationer1594 corporator1670 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > local government body > [noun] > member of local government council > town-councillor portman1346–7 commoner1384 burgessc1390 common-councilmana1637 councilman1659 corporator1670 gownsman1675 counsel-house-man1697 town councillor1731 1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales Table, sig. Hhv Incorporation, Corporation, Incorporating, are embodying several men into a joynt Company, or Society, for the carrying on some Affair, and the person so incorporated called a Corporators [sic], or Incorporators. 1787 Ann. Reg. 1784–5 Chron. 207/2 A man is not a corporator for his own sake. a1832 J. Mackintosh Hist. Revol. Eng. (1834) iv. 124 Almost all the sheriffs, and a majority of corporators and justices, were, in less than a year, Catholics. 1868 W. Stebbing in M. Pattison Acad. Org. i. 7 A corporator of the university is not necessarily a corporator of a college. 1972 Times of India 28 Nov. 11/1 He is also likely to hold discussions with the mayor and corporators about slum clearance. 2005 T. Umrigar Space between Us (2007) vi. 52 So, Bhima mausi, are you going to attend our meeting with the corporator tomorrow afternoon? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1670 |
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