单词 | houseman |
释义 | housemann.ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [noun] > family or household > head of household patriarchc1200 householdera1382 paterfamiliasc1475 houseman1537 housefather1562 familist1612 genarchaship1650 family head1738 Roman father1739 père de famille1820 patron1863 mamak1884 1537–8 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 380 The whiche he hathe delyuered vnto his fellow, Thomas Lorymer, in the presence of Mr William Roche, alderman, Thomas Clayton..and other howsemen of the same parishe. 1563 in York Civic Rec. (1948) VI. 61 Aggreed that there shall be billetts mayd furth to the curats and churchewardens of every paroche to call together there hole parochianours upon sonday next and then to chose two howse men to be collectourz for the powar of the releyf. 2. In early use: †a male retainer; a member of a personal guard (obsolete). Later: a man employed to do domestic work in a house, hotel, etc.; a male servant (cf. house boy n. at house n.1 and int. Compounds 10.). Now chiefly North American.The sense in quot. a1661 is uncertain, but perhaps: a man whose responsibility is to keep watch for fires. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > man householdman?1449 housemana1661 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 186 Large salaries to numerous Clarks, and daily wages to Rubbish-men, Rock-men, Pit-men, and House-men or Fire-men; so that at one time (when the Mines were in their Majesty)..he had in his pay no fewer than eight hundred. 1692 J. Tyrrell Bibliotheca Politica (1694) iii. 194 He will take your Sons..for himself, for his Chariots, and to be his House Men. 1844 S. Laing tr. S. Sturluson Heimskringla III. xvi. 302 In this expedition were the king's relatives..and Erling's housemen, as well as those who had been Gregorius' housemen. 1853 Househ. Words 31 Dec. 416/2 Inaccessible to the broom of the houseman. I use the word houseman because there is no such thing as a housemaid in Turkey. 1882 A. M. Diehl Eve Lester II. iii. 162 The houseman was summoned to..ring a handbell outside his young mistress's room till she called ‘Stop’. 1922 Glasgow Herald 31 Oct. 7/1 The men who have disappointed as ‘housemen’ and ‘parlourmen’ are for the most part ex-Service men..prepared to do anything to get a job. 1960 ‘N. Shute’ Trustee from Toolroom 277 She went through to tell the house-man to clear away the tea. 2003 Gay Times Feb. (Directory section) D21/1 (advt.) Marrakech... Beautiful house, excellent location in old city... Good-looking house-man, wonderful cook. 3. In Norway and Denmark: a married farm worker who holds a house and a small area of land at a fixed rent on a farm in exchange for labour; a smallholder. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farm worker > married or skilled hind1596 houseman1803 1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) ii. i. 186 The Norway farms have in general a certain number of married labourers employed upon them..who are called house-men. 1836 S. Laing Jrnl. Resid. Norway iv. 150 If the main farm is too small to require the full value in labour, the houseman pays the balance in money, earned by working for other people. 1852 A. Hamilton 16 Months in Danish Isles I. xiv. 226 The housemen are always poor. 1875 Scribner's Monthly Apr. 731/1 He was born in the houseman's lodge; she in the great mansion. 1955 Feeding Fifty Million (Rural Reconstruction Assoc.) iii. 61 The historic Köge Resolution adopted (at the town of Köge) by the Danish ‘housemen’ (crofters or smallholders) and still cordially endorsed by their organizations, which now comprise over 80,000 members. 4. colloquial. A man who lives in a house. rare. ΚΠ 1843 E. Jones Stud. Sensation & Event 86 When the rich hedges Sleep..so still and sunnily That housemen long to go and lie beside them. 2003 N.Y. Times Mag. 11 May 18/2 I have to be an athlete. But when it's all said and done, I'll be a normal father. A normal-type house man. 5. With capital initial. A member of Christ Church, Oxford. See house n.1 7b. ΘΚΠ society > education > member of university > [noun] > (former) specific university or college mountainer?a1425 Cantabrigianc1540 Oxonianc1540 Sorbonist1560 Oxford man1590 Oxfordian1645 Johnian1655 hog1690 Harvardian1702 squil1721 Cantab1751 king's man1751 Wadhamite1760 Princetonian1807 Brunonian1829 merchant tailor1829 Trinitarian1852 houseman1868 polytechnician1871 Mertonian1883 Cheltonian1887 Girtonian1887 Girtonite1894 Newnhamite1896 woman1896 normalien1904 Somervillian1904 Orangeman1908 Tab1914 Ivy Leaguer1943 Oxbridgean1959 plate-glasser1968 Yalie1969 1868 Oxf. Spectator 5 May 2 While their dwelling is called Christ Church by strangers, by others it is called The House, and they themselves Housemen. 1895 Daily News 20 Sept. 4/7 Lord Rosebery (himself a Houseman). a1904 F. Y. Powell in O. Elton F. Y. Powell (1906) II. 161 By his generous aid and the cotisations of several other generous Housemen the hat was bought and presented to Christ Church. 1982 F. Madden in F. Madden & D. Fieldhouse Oxf. & Idea of Commonw. i. 7 Oxford prime ministers had naturally to deal with colonial problems—..Canning, Gladstone, Peel, Salisbury, Rosebery—to name but some of the Housemen. 6. U.S. slang. A person who robs houses; a burglar. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] housebreakera1400 burglary1533 burglar1541 burglarer1598 mill1607 mill-ken1667 hoister1708 crack1749 cracksman1819 screwsman1819 screwer1831 crib-cracker1879 cracker1886 key worker1895 houseman1904 home invader1907 in and out man1961 1904 ‘No. 1500’ Life in Sing Sing 255/2 Houseman, a burglar. 1911 G. Bronson-Howard Enemy to Society v. 147 Say a ‘house man’ or a ‘sneak’ or a ‘second-story’ man or a ‘peteman’—anything but a ‘cracksman’. 1926 ‘M. Brand’ Black Jack xviii. 142 As a damper-getter he was just an amateur; as a heel or a houseman, well, them things were just outside him. 7. Chiefly British. = house officer n. (b) at house n.1 and int. Compounds 10. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > hospital or clinic physician > intermediate hospital level house physician1753 house surgeon1757 resident1892 houseman1924 ressie1982 the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > hospital or clinic physician > junior hospital level intern1827 registrar1836 internist1848 house officer1867 houseman1924 1924 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Mar. 424/2 The fact of death has to be certified by the houseman before the various nursing duties are begun. 1962 ‘D. Margerson’ Med. as Career ix. 57 Other doctors..will be involved in diagnosis and treatment, but none will be as close to the patient..as the houseman. 1986 D. Potter Singing Detective ii. 73 Inside George's curtained-off bed space, the flustered houseman is entering up an admissions form. 2002 J. Mercurio Bodies (2003) 28 I've been on call since nine o'clock this morning when one of her other housemen handed over the red crash bleep. Derivatives ˈhousemanship n. the work, position, or condition of being a houseman (sense 7). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > hospital or clinic physician > intermediate hospital level > position of residency1870 house appointment1888 housemanship1957 1957 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 Sept. 37/1 A married man with children and one year's experience after Housemanship would receive approximately £1,828 a year. 1972 Times 31 Oct. 6/8 Many [doctors] will be completing their housemanship this year. 2009 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 9 Sept. 18 I have just begun my housemanship in a government hospital. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1537 |
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