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单词 leaver
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leavern.

Brit. /ˈliːvə/, U.S. /ˈlivər/
Forms: see leave v.1 and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: leave v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < leave v.1 + -er suffix1.
A person who leaves something, someone, or some place (in various senses of the verb); spec. = school leaver n. at school n.1 Compounds 5a.See also early leaver n. at early adj. and n. Compounds 2.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > one who
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departer1672
the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [noun] > one who leaves something behind
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society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [noun] > one who departs
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departer1672
society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > one about to leave
Abiturient1842
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c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 20 (MED) Sum man..may leeve what is to hym more þan ynouȝ for oþere men whiche ben of greeter capacite to take it þan is he which is þerof þe lever.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xix. 96 This vertue is more estemed of thaffection of the leaver than of the greatnes of the thyng that is lefte.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. x. 21 But let the world ranke me in Register A Master leauer, and a fugitiue. View more context for this quotation
1652 J. B. in R. Brome Joviall Crew To Brome sig. A3v The most our Leavers serve for, shews Onely that we're his Friends.
a1702 W. Bagshaw Ess. on Union to Christ (1703) 29 Can it well be expected that they should come into the count of leavers and loathers of it?
1828 London & Paris Observer 9 Mar. 153/2 I am sometimes..almost inclined to hope, that a transmigration of soul may be indulgently allowed to these reluctant leavers of the feast of life.
1883 Cent. Mag. June 219/2 Leaders of lonely lives, and leavers of great fortunes.
1890 G. Gissing Emancipated III. ii. xvii. 288 Hither came no payers of formal calls, no leavers of cards.
1910 Westm. Gaz. 17 Jan. 5/1 Of the entrants and leavers examined, approximately 3 per cent. of the children..suffered from..eye disease.
1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 28 June 289/3 One teacher..wearied to despair by the listlessness and lack of interest of his class of ‘leavers’, persuaded his head to allow him to hire an allotment.
1969 R. Layard et al. Impact of Robbins 121 The numbers of entrants to arts faculties are expressed as a percentage of leavers with arts A levels and similarly for science.
1999 P. Jooste Frieda & Min 18 They'll go with practically anyone who invites them, as long as the ticket is one way only, and my mother's friend Julia was one of these leavers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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