单词 | master-man |
释义 | master-mann. 1. A craftsman, an artist; a master with apprentices or employees. Cf. mister man n. at mister n.1 4a, with which this word was sometimes confused. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > manual worker > skilled worker or craftsman wright?a695 craftyeOE craftimanOE craftmanc1275 wroughtc1275 master-mana1325 mister mana1325 craftsmana1382 man of craft1389 artificera1393 handcraftman?c1480 handcraftsman1485 mechanic1509 handcrafta1525 handicraftsman1530 artisana1538 handicraftmana1544 handicraft1547 artsman1551 artist1563 mechanician1570 tradesmana1591 mechanical1600 mechanist1606 Daedal?1614 blue apron1629 Daedalus1631 crafter1643 fitter1648 mystery-man1671 toolsman1821 fundi1860 tradie1912 craftspersona1917 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 664 To maken a tur... Twelwe and sexti men woren ðor-to Meister-men. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 1599 All maister men þat on molde dwellis. 1631 Kelso Glovers Bk. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1967) IV. 33/1 It shall nott be laufull for any masterman of the craft to fie ane servant..for shorter spaice nor ane whol year. 1647 Douglas Bequest (Edinb. Register House) 25 Sept. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) That na masterman of any of the saidis craftis ressave ane new prenteis quhill [etc.]. 1794 Har'st Rig cxxiv. 38 There was a great affray; Some master-man Was soundly swing'd. 1825 J. Bentham Indications Respecting Ld. Eldon 39 Not a farthing even given to the hapless masterman. 1898 E. L. Taunton Eng. Black Monks I. 94 Among its monks were to be found master-men. 1941 H. J. Massingham Fall of Year vi. 170 The happiness, stability, economic independence of the master-man. 1975 Daily Tel. 15 Sept. 17/1 The main problem is the difficulty in finding a masterman to be apprenticed to; nearly all mastermen are already training apprentices. a. Chiefly Scottish. A chief, a leader. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > head or chief headeOE headmanOE headsmanOE masterlinga1200 dukec1275 chevetaine1297 chief1297 headlingc1300 principalc1325 captainc1380 primatec1384 chieftainc1400 master-man1424 principate1483 grand captain1531 headmaster?1545 knap of the casec1555 capitano1594 muqaddam1598 mudaliyar1662 reis1677 sachem1684 doge1705 prytanis1790 gam1827 main guy1882 oga1917 ras1935 1424 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 8/1 Þe quhilk sall be haldyn Dekyn or maister man oure þe layff. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 2037 (MED) Prince of his ost, A maister man in þa marches, Amont was hatten. c1480 (a1400) St. John Evangelist 402 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 120 He..vent þan to sterk thefis,..þare master man þai sone hym mad. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 87 The maistir man with sa gud will straik he [etc.]. a1500 (c1400) St. Erkenwald (1977) 201 (MED) I was committid and made a mayster-mon here, To sytte upon sayd causes. 1616 in J. G. Dalyell Darker Superstitions Scotl. (1834) 536 Ane great number of fairie men mett her [together with] a maister man. b. English regional (northern). A husband; the (male) head of a household. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun] > husband churla800 lordeOE werec893 husbanda1275 mana1325 masterc1325 sovereign1390 maritea1398 husbandman?a1439 goodman?1507 baron1595 spouse1604 husband of one's bosom1611 old man1673 hubby1682 sposo1741 hub1809 master-man1825 pot and pan1900 mister1931 DH1993 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Maister-man, a husband. 1872 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera II. xv. 6 (note) I am told in the north such pleasant fiction still holds in the Teesdale district; the wife calling her husband ‘my master-man’. 1885 H. Caine Shadow of Crime I. x. 208 Towards nine the ‘maister men’ of Wythburn began to arrive. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Ye'll he' ti' see the maisterman hesel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1325 |
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