knife-mann.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪfmən/,

/ˈnʌɪfman/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪfmən/

One who uses a knife as an instrument, a tool, or a weapon; spec. † (a) in the parlance of North American Indians, an Englishman (obsolete); (b) slang a surgeon.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > knife or dagger

short weaponc1600

knife-man1643

knifer1870

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England

EnglishmaneOE

EnglishOE

startc1438

Southron1488

Englander1610

knife-man1643

Englisher1652

southern1721

John Bull1772

Saxon1810

Sassenach1815

rosbif1826

Goddam1830

Angrezi1866

Angrez1877

Percy1916

Limey1918

woodbine1918

homie1926

kipper1946

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > surgeon > [noun]

chirurgeon1297

surgeonc1330

surgera1400

surgeonrer1483

surgeoner1526

chirurge1535

scarifier1566

scissor man1593

operator1598

man-mendera1625

men-mendera1625

flesh-tailor1633

nim-gimmer1699

sawbones1837

lint-scraper1860

knife-man1961

1643 R. Williams Key into Lang. Amer. 126 They call English-men Chauquaquock, that is, Knive-men, stone formerly being to them in stead of Knives.

1852 W. Willison in Midland Florist VI. 9 Serving as knife-man in the Gateshead nursery.

1901–2 Ann. Brit. Sch. Athens VIII. 294 The few picked ‘knife-men’ who lay or crouched in the trenches cutting through the compost of bones and pottery inch by inch.

1923 Dial. Notes 5 235 Knifeman, a man who fights with a knife... Not common.

1956 J. Masters Bugles & Tiger i. 19 There was always the sense-sharpening chance of a sudden storm of bullets, a rush of knifemen.

1961 Woman 18 Mar. 10/4 Had she seen the new nurse on women's surgical? The knife men always had the luck.

1964 Amer. Speech 39 271 Cutter man, knife man, a worker who operates the cutter.

1973 ‘R. MacLeod’ Burial in Portugal v. 110 A third man..was coming in at a rush with a knife... Gaunt..felt the jar as his heel took the knife-man low in the stomach.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knife-man
释义	knife-mann. Brit. /ˈnʌɪfmən/, /ˈnʌɪfman/, U.S. /ˈnaɪfmən/ One who uses a knife as an instrument, a tool, or a weapon; spec. † (a) in the parlance of North American Indians, an Englishman (obsolete); (b) slang a surgeon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > knife or dagger short weaponc1600 knife-man1643 knifer1870 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England EnglishmaneOE EnglishOE startc1438 Southron1488 Englander1610 knife-man1643 Englisher1652 southern1721 John Bull1772 Saxon1810 Sassenach1815 rosbif1826 Goddam1830 Angrezi1866 Angrez1877 Percy1916 Limey1918 woodbine1918 homie1926 kipper1946 the world > health and disease > healing > healer > surgeon > [noun] chirurgeon1297 surgeonc1330 surgera1400 surgeonrer1483 surgeoner1526 chirurge1535 scarifier1566 scissor man1593 operator1598 man-mendera1625 men-mendera1625 flesh-tailor1633 nim-gimmer1699 sawbones1837 lint-scraper1860 knife-man1961 1643 R. Williams Key into Lang. Amer. 126 They call English-men Chauquaquock, that is, Knive-men, stone formerly being to them in stead of Knives. 1852 W. Willison in Midland Florist VI. 9 Serving as knife-man in the Gateshead nursery. 1901–2 Ann. Brit. Sch. Athens VIII. 294 The few picked ‘knife-men’ who lay or crouched in the trenches cutting through the compost of bones and pottery inch by inch. 1923 Dial. Notes 5 235 Knifeman, a man who fights with a knife... Not common. 1956 J. Masters Bugles & Tiger i. 19 There was always the sense-sharpening chance of a sudden storm of bullets, a rush of knifemen. 1961 Woman 18 Mar. 10/4 Had she seen the new nurse on women's surgical? The knife men always had the luck. 1964 Amer. Speech 39 271 Cutter man, knife man, a worker who operates the cutter. 1973 ‘R. MacLeod’ Burial in Portugal v. 110 A third man..was coming in at a rush with a knife... Gaunt..felt the jar as his heel took the knife-man low in the stomach. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1643
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