单词 | goodman of the house |
释义 | > as lemmasgoodman of the house a. The male head of a household; the master, the householder. Frequently in goodman of the house (cf. man of the house n. at man n.1 Phrases 2ac). Cf. goodwife n. 1a. Now Scottish or in historical contexts. Sc. National Dict. (at Guidman) records the sense as still in widespread use in Scotland and Ulster in 1955. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > head of household houselordOE husbandOE lordOE goodmanc1275 husbandmanc1330 master1536 man of the house1539 housemaster1593 major-domo1649 house head1864 old baas1882 c1275 Kentish Serm. in J. Hall Select. Early Middle Eng. (1920) I. 220 For so seyth ure lord, ine þo godspelle of to dai, þet on goodman [Fr. pruzdom] was þat ferst uut yede bi þe Moreghen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 13507 Alle was fed godemen & knauis. a1400 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 158 For when þe gode man is fro hame, And þe frere comes to oure dame, He spares nauþer for synne ne shame þat he ne dos his will. a1425 (?a1350) Seven Sages (Galba) l. 1536 Þe gudeman percayued of his wiue, How þat she rase o nightes him fra. a1450 (?1419–20) Friar Daw's Reply (Digby) l. 336 in P. L. Heyworth Jack Upland (1968) 83 Whanne þe good man is oute, pleye þei god rode. c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) i. l. 66 (MED) Þer gromes and þe goodmen beth all eliche grette. a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 199 The gud man of the hous held ay his bonet of, salang as the Dene was in with him. 1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) ii. vii. 266 In like sort is it, if the goodman of the house (perceiuing that Theeues are without) wil open the doores, and go out against them. 1631 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 72 Wherefore doth the word say, that our Christ, the Goodman of this house, His dear kirk, hath feet like fine brass? 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 159 The auld guidman raught down the pock, An' out a handfu' gied him. 1842 T. B. Macaulay Horatius in Lays Anc. Rome 76 When the goodman mends his armour, And trims his helmet's plume. 1868 J. Payn Bentinck's Tutor vii. 88 In the ample chimney..half-a-dozen whole sheep..to the guidman of the house, as he sat with his pipe beneath their comely carcases, afforded great comfort in assurance of plenty against the coming winter. 1917 R. H. Stoddard in J. W. Cunliffe & A. H. Thorndike World's Best Lit. V. 2834 What with the guidman, the guidwife, and the bonny bairns, there was not much spare room in the little clay biggin at Alloway. 1995 A. Duncan Hebridean Island 48 There was always a low chair for the guidwife, or mistress, at one end of the hearth..and another for the guidman, or master, at the end next the door. 2002 R. Jordan From Two Rivers (new ed.) i. 7 The goodman of the house clambered about, checking the thatch to see if the winter's damage meant calling on..the thatcher. < as lemmas |
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