| 单词 | honeyman |
| 释义 | > as lemmashoneyman honeyman n. [attested earlier as a surname: Robert Huniman (1199), Osbert Honiman (1279), etc.] a man who sells honey; (also) a beekeeper. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [noun] > bee-keeper bee-herd1483 honeyman1510 bee-ward?1518 bee-master1658 hiver1707 apiologist18.. apiarist1816 bee-keeper1817 bee-woman1833 apiarian1858 bee-mistress1859 bee-man1861 apiculturist1883 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > sellers of other provisions cheesemonger1185 pudding-wife1287 eirmongerc1305 honeyman1510 egg-wife1659 corn-chandler1687 pickle man1714 tea man1736 pickle dealer1791 iceman1807 ice-creamer1851 plum duffer1851 barm-man1913 traiteur1963 1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (new ed.) sig. C.iiv Mellariusq[ue], a hony man. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 70 They [sc. bees]..know the hand and voyce of the hony-man. 1734 Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer May 271/2 William Tappenden, of Cretan Key near Sittenbourn,..Honeyman and Chapman. 1888 Bee Keeper's Mag. Mar. 85/1 The retail grocer and consumer would look to the honey man for their honey. 1917 A. I. Root & E. R. Root ABC & XYZ Bee Culture 170/1 Alsike..will give a crop of clover honey just when we are most in need of it. One of our leading honeymen said that this fact..has been worth more than $50.00 to him. 2009 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 27 June Kiessling..qualified as a honeyman and beekeeper in Germany. < as lemmas |
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