单词 | half-boarder |
释义 | half-boardern.Π 1675 R. Head Proteus Redivivus ii. iii. 176 If towards dinner time he find but a good look, which promises his welcome, he becomes their half boarder, and haunts the threshold so long till he forces good natures to a quarrel. 2. a. A young woman or adolescent girl who pays reduced fees or who receives board and lodging at a school in exchange for instructing younger pupils and carrying out other duties. Now historical.Quot. 1711 is from a humorous piece about a school for birds. ΘΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > other schoolteachers gerund-grinder1710 hedge-schoolmaster1830 grammatist1850 discipline master1863 quizmaster1878 careers master1943 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 36 They [sc. birds]..may be taken as Half-boarders. 1742 Daily Advertiser 29 Dec. A French Boarding-School for Ladies..will admit a young Gentlewoman of seventeen Years of Age to be a Half-Boarder. 1807 E. Parsons Convict III. xix. 9 Her purpose would be better answered by the child being brought up as a half boarder. 1830 Ackermann's Juvenile Forget me Not 130 The trunks were carried by a weeping stranger in mourning; she guessed that this must be the half-boarder. 1901 Aberdeen Daily Jrnl. 17 Aug. 1/5 Mrs Spence, The Institute, Peterhead, can receive young lady, about 16, as Half-Boarder; all higher branches. 1997 S. Skedd in H. Barker & E. Chalus Gender in 18th-cent. Eng. (2014) v. 114 A schoolmistress would engage one or two half-boarders as apprentices. b. A pupil at a boarding school or similar educational establishment who remains at school for meals, but returns home in the evening; = day boarder n. 1. ΘΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > temporary inhabitant > [noun] > in another's house > lodger boarder1530 inmake1536 inmate1589 quarterer1595 commoner1598 tabler1598 by-settel1612 lodgera1616 inquilinea1641 pensioner1673 pensionnairea1794 Artful Dodger1839 paying guest1853 roomer1859 star boarder1875 pension-boarder1898 latchkey1905 PG1925 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > [noun] > eating in company > boarder or commoner commoner1598 tabler1598 convictor1648 mealer1880 1816 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Nov. 526/1 They have admitted..17 half boarders at an expence each of 7½ rupees per month. 1836 E. Howard Rattlin, the Reefer I. xiii. 129 The half-boarders whispered their fears to the ushers. 1870 Morning Freeman (Saint John, New Brunswick) 6 Aug. Half Boarders and Day-Scholars must not absent themselves without the previous leave from the College authorities. 1941 Times 5 Aug. 1/2 Headmaster of boys' preparatory school..wishes to hear of a Headmaster to take over during his absence on war service; about 50 boys, half boarders. 1991 T. D. Nguyen Vietnamese Family Chron. (2017) (e-book ed.) After the afternoon classes, the half-boarders joined the full-boarders and did their homework..before they were allowed to go home. 3. A person who receives half-board (half-board n. 1) at a boarding house, hotel, etc. Π 1812 A. Lefanu Sons of Erin ii. 27 You have been a boarder with me ever since your master took my lodgings. Pat. A half boarder; for on my safe conscience I am half starv'd. 1986 Guardian 21 July 28/8 [At a Butlin's holiday camp] we have..257 de luxe self-catering flatlets and 230 suites for the half-boarders. 2004 News of World (Nexis) 1 Feb. Half-boarders have tea and coffee-making facilities, bath or shower and colour TV. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). > as lemmashalf-boarder half-boarder n. one who has half his board, a day-boarder. ΚΠ 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 36. ⁋8 They [birds]..may be taken as Half-Boarders. 1836 E. Howard Rattlin xiii, The half-boarders whispered their fears to the ushers. < n.1675 as lemmas |
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