单词 | house factor |
释义 | > as lemmashouse factor house factor n. Scottish (now archaic and historical) an agent or steward responsible for collecting house rents on an estate. ΚΠ 1835 Sc. Jurist 7 145/1 A party employed as a house factor having been sued by his principal for payment of a balance on his factory accounts. 1873 A. G. Murdoch Lilts on Doric Lyre 42 (heading) The Rent Day; or, Hoo Auld Mysie Oot-Generaled Her Hoose-Factor. 1911 N. Munro In Highland Harbours 47 ‘By Chove!’ thought Para Handy, ‘a man would need to have the he'rt o' a hoose-factor on a chob like this.’ 2001 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 6 June 10 Born in 1843, the son of a house factor, Sellars was apprenticed into architecture when he was 14. < as lemmas |
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