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单词 amtman
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amtmann.

Brit. /ˈamtmən/, U.S. /ˈæmtmən/
Forms: 1500s–1700s amptman, 1700s– amtman, 1700s– amtmann, 1800s– amtmänner (plural). Also with capital initial.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from German. Etymons: French amptman; Dutch amptman; German amptman, Amtmann.
Etymology: Partly (i) < Middle French, French †amptman, denoting a bailiff or other officer in the Netherlands (originally in the Spanish Netherlands) (1568 or earlier; < Dutch); partly (ii) < Dutch †amptman (Old Dutch ambahtman , Middle Dutch ambtman , amptman , amtman ; < Old Dutch ambaht (see amboht n. and compare amt n.1) + man man n.1); and partly (iii) < early modern German amptman, amtman, German Amtmann (Old High German ambahtman , Middle High German ambetman , ammetman , amtman ; < Old High German ambaht (see amboht n. and compare amt n.1) + man man n.1). In Scandinavian contexts (e.g. quots. 1709, 1863) apparently after parallel compounds in Scandinavian languages; compare Swedish amtman (1612; also †amptman (1621)), Danish amtmand (1683 or earlier), and Icelandic amtmaður (late 17th cent.).In plural form Amtmänner (compare quot. 2008) after the German plural form.
Now historical.
Chiefly in Germany, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia: a senior official having authority in a certain administrative district; a bailiff, steward, or magistrate.
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1582 A. Golding tr. Ioyful & Royal Entertainment sig. D4 Mounsieur the Amptman [Fr. Monsieur l'Amptman] read the same othe too his highnesse in French.
1669 W. Aglionby Present State United Provinces ii. xiii. 107 This Priviledge [sc. naming magistrates] is extended even to the nomination of..amptmans..of the dignity of Patricians.
1709 London Gaz. No. 4053/2 Monsieur Rosencrans..is made Bailiff, or Amptman, of the District of Copenhagen.
1798 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 430 The Military Governour is a pleasant Man, & both he & the Amtmann (i.e. the Civil Regent) are particularly attentive to me.
1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland Introd. 35 Iceland is..divided into three amts. Over two of the amts is placed an amt-man, who is subject to the governor-general.
1913 H. G. James Princ. Prussian Admin. iii. 149 The Precinct, at the head of which stands the Amtman appointed by the Province President.
2008 W. B. Smith Reformation & German Territorial State iii. 48 The Amtmänner were instructed to deposit unburied corpses in the churchyard.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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