croupiern.

Brit.

/ˈkruːpɪeɪ/,

/ˈkruːpɪə/,

/kruːˈpɪə/, U.S.

/ˈkrupiˌeɪ/,

/ˈkrupiər/

Forms: Also 1700s crouper, croupee, crowpee.

Etymology: < French croupier, originally one who rides behind on the croup; hence, one who goes halves with a player at cards or dice and stands behind him to assist him, also he who stands behind the banker to assist at the game of basset, and now at a gaming table as in sense 2.

†1. A second standing behind a gamester to back him up and help him. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > player of games of chance > cheat or swindler > accomplice of

copemate1570

croupier1707

1707 W. Wycherley Let. to Pope 11 Nov. in Pope's Lett. Since I have such a Croupier or Second to stand by me as Mr. Pope.

2. He who rakes in the money at a gaming-table.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > croupier, banker, or dealer

banker1706

tallier1709

croupier1731

croup1794

stickman1909

1731 Daily Jrnl. 9 Jan. 1/3 Two Crowpees, who watch the cards, and gather the money for the bank.

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxx. 301 The gambling tables and the cadaverous croupiers and chinking gold.

1884 M. Crommelin Brown-eyes xii. 114 All gone! swept from the green cloth by the coupier's inexorable rake.

3. One who sits as assistant chairman at the lower end of the table at a public dinner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > feasting > [noun] > feaster > lord of feast > assistant

croupier1785

1785 Craig in Lounger No. 26. §10 He is no longer Croupier at Lord E.'s, his place there being filled up by Tom Toastwell.

1827 T. Hamilton Youth & Manhood Cyril Thornton I. xii. 181 The honours of the table were performed by my uncle, by whose orders I acted as croupier.

1827 T. Hamilton Youth & Manhood Cyril Thornton I. xii. 185 The important office of vice-president or croupier.

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xvii. 157 Hicks, officiated as croupier on the occasion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	croupier
释义	croupiern. Brit. /ˈkruːpɪeɪ/, /ˈkruːpɪə/, /kruːˈpɪə/, U.S. /ˈkrupiˌeɪ/, /ˈkrupiər/ Forms: Also 1700s crouper, croupee, crowpee. Etymology: < French croupier, originally one who rides behind on the croup; hence, one who goes halves with a player at cards or dice and stands behind him to assist him, also he who stands behind the banker to assist at the game of basset, and now at a gaming table as in sense 2. †1. A second standing behind a gamester to back him up and help him. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > player of games of chance > cheat or swindler > accomplice of copemate1570 croupier1707 1707 W. Wycherley Let. to Pope 11 Nov. in Pope's Lett. Since I have such a Croupier or Second to stand by me as Mr. Pope. 2. He who rakes in the money at a gaming-table. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > croupier, banker, or dealer banker1706 tallier1709 croupier1731 croup1794 stickman1909 1731 Daily Jrnl. 9 Jan. 1/3 Two Crowpees, who watch the cards, and gather the money for the bank. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxx. 301 The gambling tables and the cadaverous croupiers and chinking gold. 1884 M. Crommelin Brown-eyes xii. 114 All gone! swept from the green cloth by the coupier's inexorable rake. 3. One who sits as assistant chairman at the lower end of the table at a public dinner. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > feasting > [noun] > feaster > lord of feast > assistant croupier1785 1785 Craig in Lounger No. 26. §10 He is no longer Croupier at Lord E.'s, his place there being filled up by Tom Toastwell. 1827 T. Hamilton Youth & Manhood Cyril Thornton I. xii. 181 The honours of the table were performed by my uncle, by whose orders I acted as croupier. 1827 T. Hamilton Youth & Manhood Cyril Thornton I. xii. 185 The important office of vice-president or croupier. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xvii. 157 Hicks, officiated as croupier on the occasion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1707
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