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单词 hearkener
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hearkenern.

/ˈhɑːk(ə)nə/
Forms: Also Middle English herkner(e, 1500s harkner, 1800s harkener.
Etymology: < hearken v. + -er suffix1.
a. One who listens or gives ear; a listener.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [noun] > hearer or listener
hearera1340
hearkener1340
auditorc1386
intelligent1508
audient1550
listener1611
auditress1667
harker1825
describee1830
sayeea1902
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 58 Þe herkneres do wel lheȝȝe.
c1422 T. Hoccleve Learn to Die 547 Thyn herkners and thyn Auditours.
1423 Kingis Quair clvi There sawe I..The fery tigere..The herknere bore.
?1480 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophres (Caxton) (new ed.) lf. 51 The predicacion is not to be lawded that endureth ouer the power of the herkeners.
1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Eiiv An herkener of fables and lyes.
1811 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 65 486 The starers..or harkeners are satirized.
b. An eavesdropper; a scout. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > secret listening > person engaged in
eavesdropper1487
hearkener1549
otacust1632
ear droppera1670
earwigger1865
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [noun] > hearer or listener > eavesdropper
eavesdropper1487
hearkener1549
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Tim. v. f. xv Babling tale tellers & curious herkeners.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Escouteur..a harkner, a scout, an eavesdropper.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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