genetorn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛnᵻtɔː/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛnətɔr/

Forms:

α. late Middle English genatour, 1500s genetour, 1500s geneture, 1500s 1900s– genetor.

β. 1500s iennytair, 1600s gennetter.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French geneteur; French genetaire.

Etymology: In α. forms < Middle French geneteur, genetour (c1385) < genet jennet n.¹ + -eur , -our -or suffix In β. forms < Middle French genetaire, genitaire (second half of the 15th cent.) < genet jennet n.¹ + -aire -ary suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin janitarius (1367 in a British source; probably < French, although this is apparently first attested slightly later).With the form gennetter compare -er suffix¹.

Now historical and rare.

A soldier who rides a jennet (jennet n.¹ 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > light-armed

hobblerc1308

prickera1350

genetorc1440

stradiotc1515

light horse1524

hussar1532

light horseman1544

demi-lancer1552

demi-lancea1556

estradiot1577

argoletier1579

argoletc1580

Cossack1587

jennet1676

hobbler-archer1786

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 2897 Than the genatours of Genne enjoynes att ones.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxvi. 336 I haue thre thousande barded horses..and I haue also seuen M. genetours.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. li. 179 When Syr John Ferrant saw the geneture, he sayd to a squyer of his, galop forth thy genet, and assaye to speke with yonder geneture.

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vi. 352 And Ferdinand with three hundred launces, two thousande Iennytairs, and six thousande footemen.

1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 77 Seuen thousand I haue armed head and feet Of genetors full twentie thousand more.

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 213 In the first ranke whereof marched their Harquebusiers on horsebacke, in the second their gennetters, in the thirde their light horsemen.

1972 Eng. Hist. Rev. 87 502 Two years later the duke supplied no less than 327 genetors.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	genetor
释义	genetorn. Brit. /ˈdʒɛnᵻtɔː/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛnətɔr/ Forms: α. late Middle English genatour, 1500s genetour, 1500s geneture, 1500s 1900s– genetor. β. 1500s iennytair, 1600s gennetter. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French geneteur; French genetaire. Etymology: In α. forms < Middle French geneteur, genetour (c1385) < genet jennet n.¹ + -eur , -our -or suffix In β. forms < Middle French genetaire, genitaire (second half of the 15th cent.) < genet jennet n.¹ + -aire -ary suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin janitarius (1367 in a British source; probably < French, although this is apparently first attested slightly later).With the form gennetter compare -er suffix¹. Now historical and rare. A soldier who rides a jennet (jennet n.¹ 1). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > light-armed hobblerc1308 prickera1350 genetorc1440 stradiotc1515 light horse1524 hussar1532 light horseman1544 demi-lancer1552 demi-lancea1556 estradiot1577 argoletier1579 argoletc1580 Cossack1587 jennet1676 hobbler-archer1786 c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 2897 Than the genatours of Genne enjoynes att ones. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxvi. 336 I haue thre thousande barded horses..and I haue also seuen M. genetours. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. li. 179 When Syr John Ferrant saw the geneture, he sayd to a squyer of his, galop forth thy genet, and assaye to speke with yonder geneture. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vi. 352 And Ferdinand with three hundred launces, two thousande Iennytairs, and six thousande footemen. 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 77 Seuen thousand I haue armed head and feet Of genetors full twentie thousand more. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 213 In the first ranke whereof marched their Harquebusiers on horsebacke, in the second their gennetters, in the thirde their light horsemen. 1972 Eng. Hist. Rev. 87 502 Two years later the duke supplied no less than 327 genetors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1440
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