单词 | gerent |
释义 | gerentn.adj. rare. A. n. One who holds an office; a manager, ruler. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] man of officec1300 officerc1380 officec1440 office manc1459 officiate1500 officiary1505 official1555 gerent1576 officiary1587 office-bearer1593 stallera1627 incumbent1672 designator1683 corrector1690 office-holder1818 city manager1909 postholder1961 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 80 (margin) He meaneth the Augurship wherein they were both Gerents at one Time. 1850 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 182 Such a marriage-rite..Shall thrust him headlong from his gerent seat. B. adj. (See quot.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > relating to conveying or transporting > carrying bearingOE gerent1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Gerent, bearing or carrying. 1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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