fieldmann.

Brit.

/ˈfiːldmən/, U.S.

/ˈfil(d)mæn/

Inflections: Plural fieldmen.

Forms: see field n.¹ and man n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: field n.¹, man n.¹

Etymology: < field n.¹ + man n.¹

1. An agricultural labourer. Also: a rustic, a peasant. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farm worker

hindc1230

land-tiliec1275

fieldera1425

fieldmana1425

land-tiller?a1500

field labourer1610

scullogue1665

fieldworker1691

field hand1774

spalpeen1780

land-worker1782

farmhand1794

field woman1813

grass comber1825

cowman1828

chamar1858

guajiro1901

shamba boy1907

cowman-gardener1908

tractorman1946

hoggler1986

farm worker2017

a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 3 Agrestis, a fylde mon.

c1475 Babees Bk. (Harl. 5086) (2002) i. 7 Kutte nouhte youre mete eke as it were Felde men.

a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 692 Hec rustica, a feldman wyfe.

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 73 (MED) Wylde letus þat feldmen clepyn skarioles.

c1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 536 Feild-men quha has mair nor four ky.

1748 Porsenna's Invasion i. i. 6 No Thoughts of Ease, till Peace resume her Seat, And call the Fieldman to his quiet Home.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xiv. 171 A field-man is a personality afield; a field-woman is a portion of the field.

2002 N. Tosches In Hand of Dante 165 On these days, he took pen in hand, as a sore-shouldered and world-weary field-man might take scythe in hand, going forth with naught but the doomful vow of what must be done.

2. A hunter. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun]

huntc1000

huntera1325

cacherec1340

pricasourc1387

waithmanc1425

chaser1470

huntsman1567

pricker1575

Nimrod1623

venator1656

fieldmana1683

sportsman1699

coureur de bois1700

sporting parson1757

chasseur1796

jäger1823

shikari1827

venerer1845

hunting-man1859

gamer1887

hunterman1891

veldman1895

a1683 P. Warwick in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 146 He was..a laborious hunter, or field-man.

3. Cricket (chiefly Australian). A fielder; = fieldsman n. 2.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > fielder

seeker-out1744

fieldsman1772

fieldman1773

field1816

fielder1824

scout1824

fag1825

watch1836

leather-hunter1944

1773 Morning Chron. 22 June Mr. George Louche of Chatham was admired for his activity in the field; he is supposed to be one of the best fieldmen in this county.

1829 Boy's Own Bk. (1st Amer. ed.) 55 If the striker hit the ball against the wicket of his partner when he is off the ground, he is out, if it have previously touched the bowler's or any of the field-men's hands.

1875 Morning Post 29 June 6/3 There was a loud and simultaneous appeal from several of the field-men to the umpire.

1924 Times 26 Aug. 5/6 It must be confessed that the batsmen were lucky, for the ball was often in the air, but nearly always just out of a fieldman's reach.

1972 Guardian 30 June 22/5 Stackpole gave his major bowlers three close fieldmen.

2008 Northern Territory News (Austral.) (Nexis) 13 Nov. (Sport section) 40 Australian cricket fielding coach Mike Young..rated Andrew Symonds as the best fieldman he had seen.

a. A surveyor engaged in fieldwork (fieldwork n. 2). Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveyor

geometrian?c1400

geometrician?1537

surveyor1551

land-meter1582

land-measurer1632

measurer1636

geodesian1650

geometrist1772

geometer1773

arpenteur1789

land-surveyor1792

fieldman1838

1838 Times 1 Dec. 1/4 To land surveyors.—A correct and expert field man and mapper, having just completed several parishes under the Tithe Commissioners, is desirous of entering into a sub-contract.

1896 J. C. Sala Illustr. Catal. & Man. 137 The contours should not be inked in until the field man has had an opportunity to verify them.

1922 F. H. Lahee in D. T. Day Handbk. Petroleum Industry I. 177 The field man finds it of great advantage to have some sort of a preliminary map of the country which he is to survey.

1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon 335 For ev'ry surveyor who forsook his hearthside..for ev'ry such Field-Man there were dozens of enthusiastic amateurs.

b. = fieldsman n. 1b.

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1866 Ohio Farmer 7 July 1/1 We had a call from Mr. O'Neil, field man of the House of David Landreth & Son of Philadelphia, who is on a business tour through the West.

1920 Creamery & Milk Plant Monthly Apr. 43/2 It is natural to expect that the work of a field man is not always pleasant and his efforts are sometimes misunderstood by the farmers.

1957 Life 25 Feb. 37/1 As field man, he draws on the developments of Campbell's agricultural research as well as his own experience as a vegetable farmer.

1993 Ont. Beef Farmer Sept. 50/1 He accepted a job as the first ever fieldman for the Canadian Angus Association.

2001 I. MacLachlan Kill & Chill 93 The name of the field man who made the assessment and the location of the cattle for sale, is placed on the auction's computer for viewing by potential buyers.

c. A representative of a business or other organization who works in the field, rather than in a central office or headquarters; a field agent, a field representative.

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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > commercial traveller

rideout1752

rider1752

outrider1762

traveller1790

commercial traveller1807

bagman1808

town traveller1808

commis voyageur1825

roundman1827

drummer1828

travelling salesman1833

bag woman1845

commercial1861

fieldman1875

outride1879

roundsman1884

knight of the road1889

representative1918

sales representative1949

sales rep1959

rep1973

1875 Proc. 6th Ann. Meeting Fire Underwriters' Assoc. of Northwest 15 Field men. Upon the active personal exertions of this class of workers has depended much of the success attending the National Board organization.

1942 Fortune Nov. 113/2 Its fieldmen, who used to tell dealers how to sell more gas, now show them how to sell ice skates, footballs, ping-pong sets, flashlights, radios, weather stripping, et al.

1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy i. iv. 71 It was an overseas Chinese outfit..and the loony-bins of South East Asia are jam-packed with honest fieldmen.

1989 Mother Jones June 22/2 He's been with the firm for 25 years, and he is a field man, not a paper shuffler.

2006 E. V. McDermitt Return to Berlin 189 I'm a field man. I've always been a field man. I'm sick of a desk.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fieldman
释义	fieldmann. Brit. /ˈfiːldmən/, U.S. /ˈfil(d)mæn/ Inflections: Plural fieldmen. Forms: see field n.¹ and man n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: field n.¹, man n.¹ Etymology: < field n.¹ + man n.¹ 1. An agricultural labourer. Also: a rustic, a peasant. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farm worker hindc1230 land-tiliec1275 fieldera1425 fieldmana1425 land-tiller?a1500 field labourer1610 scullogue1665 fieldworker1691 field hand1774 spalpeen1780 land-worker1782 farmhand1794 field woman1813 grass comber1825 cowman1828 chamar1858 guajiro1901 shamba boy1907 cowman-gardener1908 tractorman1946 hoggler1986 farm worker2017 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 3 Agrestis, a fylde mon. c1475 Babees Bk. (Harl. 5086) (2002) i. 7 Kutte nouhte youre mete eke as it were Felde men. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 692 Hec rustica, a feldman wyfe. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 73 (MED) Wylde letus þat feldmen clepyn skarioles. c1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 536 Feild-men quha has mair nor four ky. 1748 Porsenna's Invasion i. i. 6 No Thoughts of Ease, till Peace resume her Seat, And call the Fieldman to his quiet Home. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xiv. 171 A field-man is a personality afield; a field-woman is a portion of the field. 2002 N. Tosches In Hand of Dante 165 On these days, he took pen in hand, as a sore-shouldered and world-weary field-man might take scythe in hand, going forth with naught but the doomful vow of what must be done. 2. A hunter. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] huntc1000 huntera1325 cacherec1340 pricasourc1387 waithmanc1425 chaser1470 huntsman1567 pricker1575 Nimrod1623 venator1656 fieldmana1683 sportsman1699 coureur de bois1700 sporting parson1757 chasseur1796 jäger1823 shikari1827 venerer1845 hunting-man1859 gamer1887 hunterman1891 veldman1895 a1683 P. Warwick in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 146 He was..a laborious hunter, or field-man. 3. Cricket (chiefly Australian). A fielder; = fieldsman n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > fielder seeker-out1744 fieldsman1772 fieldman1773 field1816 fielder1824 scout1824 fag1825 watch1836 leather-hunter1944 1773 Morning Chron. 22 June Mr. George Louche of Chatham was admired for his activity in the field; he is supposed to be one of the best fieldmen in this county. 1829 Boy's Own Bk. (1st Amer. ed.) 55 If the striker hit the ball against the wicket of his partner when he is off the ground, he is out, if it have previously touched the bowler's or any of the field-men's hands. 1875 Morning Post 29 June 6/3 There was a loud and simultaneous appeal from several of the field-men to the umpire. 1924 Times 26 Aug. 5/6 It must be confessed that the batsmen were lucky, for the ball was often in the air, but nearly always just out of a fieldman's reach. 1972 Guardian 30 June 22/5 Stackpole gave his major bowlers three close fieldmen. 2008 Northern Territory News (Austral.) (Nexis) 13 Nov. (Sport section) 40 Australian cricket fielding coach Mike Young..rated Andrew Symonds as the best fieldman he had seen. 4. a. A surveyor engaged in fieldwork (fieldwork n. 2). Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveyor geometrian?c1400 geometrician?1537 surveyor1551 land-meter1582 land-measurer1632 measurer1636 geodesian1650 geometrist1772 geometer1773 arpenteur1789 land-surveyor1792 fieldman1838 1838 Times 1 Dec. 1/4 To land surveyors.—A correct and expert field man and mapper, having just completed several parishes under the Tithe Commissioners, is desirous of entering into a sub-contract. 1896 J. C. Sala Illustr. Catal. & Man. 137 The contours should not be inked in until the field man has had an opportunity to verify them. 1922 F. H. Lahee in D. T. Day Handbk. Petroleum Industry I. 177 The field man finds it of great advantage to have some sort of a preliminary map of the country which he is to survey. 1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon 335 For ev'ry surveyor who forsook his hearthside..for ev'ry such Field-Man there were dozens of enthusiastic amateurs. b. = fieldsman n. 1b. ΚΠ 1866 Ohio Farmer 7 July 1/1 We had a call from Mr. O'Neil, field man of the House of David Landreth & Son of Philadelphia, who is on a business tour through the West. 1920 Creamery & Milk Plant Monthly Apr. 43/2 It is natural to expect that the work of a field man is not always pleasant and his efforts are sometimes misunderstood by the farmers. 1957 Life 25 Feb. 37/1 As field man, he draws on the developments of Campbell's agricultural research as well as his own experience as a vegetable farmer. 1993 Ont. Beef Farmer Sept. 50/1 He accepted a job as the first ever fieldman for the Canadian Angus Association. 2001 I. MacLachlan Kill & Chill 93 The name of the field man who made the assessment and the location of the cattle for sale, is placed on the auction's computer for viewing by potential buyers. c. A representative of a business or other organization who works in the field, rather than in a central office or headquarters; a field agent, a field representative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > commercial traveller rideout1752 rider1752 outrider1762 traveller1790 commercial traveller1807 bagman1808 town traveller1808 commis voyageur1825 roundman1827 drummer1828 travelling salesman1833 bag woman1845 commercial1861 fieldman1875 outride1879 roundsman1884 knight of the road1889 representative1918 sales representative1949 sales rep1959 rep1973 1875 Proc. 6th Ann. Meeting Fire Underwriters' Assoc. of Northwest 15 Field men. Upon the active personal exertions of this class of workers has depended much of the success attending the National Board organization. 1942 Fortune Nov. 113/2 Its fieldmen, who used to tell dealers how to sell more gas, now show them how to sell ice skates, footballs, ping-pong sets, flashlights, radios, weather stripping, et al. 1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy i. iv. 71 It was an overseas Chinese outfit..and the loony-bins of South East Asia are jam-packed with honest fieldmen. 1989 Mother Jones June 22/2 He's been with the firm for 25 years, and he is a field man, not a paper shuffler. 2006 E. V. McDermitt Return to Berlin 189 I'm a field man. I've always been a field man. I'm sick of a desk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425
随便看	to save one's own skin to save one's pocket to save one's pomp to save one's skin to save one's soul to save one's time to save one's wind to save or keep up appearances to save out of the fire to save the appearances to save the day to save the follow to save the follow on to save the lurch to save the phenomena to save the situation to save the world to save up to savour of the foist to savour of the pan to saw a chunk length off to saw a chunk off to saw a chunk piece off to saw gourds to saw one's hand