单词 | family of servants |
释义 | > as lemmasfamily of servants a. The servants of a particular household or establishment, considered collectively. In later use only in phrases, as family of servants, etc. Now rare and historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun] > servants collectively > of a family or household hirdc888 peoplec1330 family1388 folk1577 serviturea1674 familia1729 servantry1784 help1850 1388 in W. Fraser Douglas Bk. (1885) III. 33 S[ch]o sal haf fre issov and leif to pass at hir will, and hir mene, hir famyl, with al thair gvdys. c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 69/2 Gif he be his lege man..or wonnand on his lande or of his famel. ?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton i. sig. aviiv Thou oughtest to haue the cure and the gouernement of thy famylle or seruauntes. 1591 (?a1425) Blind Chelidonian (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. 231 You are my disciples and of my familie. a1629 C. Cornwallis Disc. Prince Henry (1641) 9 His family..consisted of few lesse then five hundred. 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 46 The proprietor keeps a large family for its defence. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 10 I was a single Man..but I had a Family of Servants. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams I. vi. 107 Mr. Tyrrel..proposed..to take him into his family, and make him whipper-in to his hounds. 1889 R. F. Clarke Cardinal Lavigerie ii. i. 251 A prosperous man gradually increases his family of slaves. 2000 J. Burnett Riot, Revelry & Rout viii. 186 Once farmers had lived with their family of servants, providing friendship and moral leadership. < as lemmas |
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