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hazardern. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French hasardour. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman hasardour, hasardur, hassardore, haserdour, Middle French hasardeur, hazardeur (French hasardeur ) dice player, gambler (beginning of the 13th cent. or earlier in Old French) < hasarder , haserder hazard v. + -our , -ur , -eur -er suffix2. In sense 2 probably after hazard v., although compare Middle French, French †hasardeur person who takes risks, daring person (1549).It is uncertain whether the following shows the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word (in sense 1):1368 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1929) II. 89 [The said William and John forswore such games in future and informed the Court that William atte Wode and Cok atte Wode of Greenwich were] hasardours [like themselves and had been associated with them in deceiving the people]. Now somewhat rare. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > hazard > player c1390 in F. J. Furnivall (1901) ii. 544 (MED) He þat pleyeþ best at þe des, Preyseþ faste þe hondes of hasarderes. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 26854 Theif, reuer, or hazardour, Hore or okerer, or Iogolour. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 268 It is reproue and contrarie of honour For to ben holden a comune hasardour. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker (1884) I. 694/23 Hic aliator, a haserder. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil viii. Prol. 56 The hasartouris haldis thaim heryit, hant thay nocht the dice. 1533 T. More ii. ix. f. cxliv An honest man, or ellys a false haserder. 1556 W. Lauder sig. B3v None hasardours, at cards, nor dyce. a1600 R. Lindsay (1899) I. 267 Ane commone haschatur. 1641 R. Powell 96 Amongst vagabonds, or hazarders and night walkers, M. Fitzh. and M. Kitchin, have joyned common haunters of Tavernes. 1820 5 Sept. 78/2 ‘Now,’ quoth this wicked hazarder, ‘thou knowest well that we are two, and two of us shall be stronger than one.’ 1896 J. H. Wylie III. 397 No simoniac, adulterer, hazarder, drinker. 1569 T. Norton sig. E.ivv These noble hazarders of their own wealth, estate and honour, and of your sureties, must hazard the realme them selues, lest strangers should. 1725 M. A. (ed. 2) II. 10 The first thing I learnt, was my Obligations to the generous Hazarder of his own Life to preserve mine. 1761 2 June 530/2 No man can be often hurt by it, who deals on a solid bottom: and such as do not, are often the careless hazarders of others fortunes. 1827 S. B. H. Judah I. 58 He was not one of those eager, avaricious hazarders, who anxious to make themselves rich.., would jeopardise all upon one single chance. 1943 25 Oct. 8/1 He was a hoarder rather than a hazarder of the resources of resistance. 2014 (Nexis) 20 Mar. 44 They were both great hazarders, painters who seized the moment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1390 |