单词 | market-looker |
释义 | > as lemmasmarket-looker market-looker n. now historical an official who inspects the quality of goods at a market. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > trader at market > market supervisor market-looker1563 market-clerk1612 1563 in Court Leet Rec. Manch. (1884) I. 80 Thofficers called marketlokers. 1591 in Court Leet Rec. Manch. (1885) II. 57 To delyuer..them [sc. the weights] to the marketlokers. 1905 Essex Herald 28 Mar. 3/9 An early draft (1444) of the [Maldon] by-laws provides that no pedder [i.e. fish-hawker] shall sell any unseasonable fish, or any eels or other fish which have become tainted and unfit for food. This jurisdiction was exercised by two officers, called custodes fori, or supervisores mercati, Englished in Elizabeth's time as market-lookers. < as lemmas |
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