α. late Middle English entyremetowr, late Middle English entyrmentowre; Sc. pre-1700 entermettour.
β. late Middle English entermeter, late Middle English entremyttere.
单词 | entermeter |
释义 | † entermetern.α. late Middle English entyremetowr, late Middle English entyrmentowre; Sc. pre-1700 entermettour. β. late Middle English entermeter, late Middle English entremyttere. Obsolete. A person who is involved in something, esp. on another's behalf; an intermediary; an agent or broker.In quot. a1500: a meddler. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun] broker1377 factor1432 entermeter1440 broggerc1460 chapman1570 institor1657 mackeler1682 agent1707 commission man1733 agenting1751 supercargo1782 commission agent1798 commission merchant1798 curbstone broker1848 managing agent1969 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 140 Entyrmentowre [?a1475 Winch. Entyremetowr], intromissor, intromissatrix. 1455 in Liber Eccl. de Scon (1843) 185 Thair..procuratouris or entermettouris in the lifting and raising of the saidez fourti schillingis. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. cclx/1 He was a grete marchaunt and entermeter. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 220 The colerike by kynde he sholde be lene of body,..of sharpe witte,..a grette entremyttere,..foolehardy,..hasty of worde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1440 |
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