单词 | meeter |
释义 | meetern. 1. A person who attends or takes part in a meeting; (Quakerism) †a member of a particular meeting or congregation (obsolete). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Quakerism > [noun] > person meeter1646 shaker1648 Quaker1651 friend1656 yea-and-nay1685 trembler1689 Whaker1700 broad-brim1749 plain Friend1774 shad-belly1842 drabman1860 society > faith > church government > laity > congregation > [noun] > Quaker > member of meeter1646 1646 in Rec. Mass. Bay (1853) II. 185 Ye maior pt of those first meeters. 1682 W. Rogers 7th Pt. Christian-Quaker 82 G. W. a Member of the Second-days Meeting..smooth'd up the Barbadoes Meeters with this Expression. a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1765) 251 The whole Fines of such and so many of the Meeters as they should account poor. 1887 E. F. Byrrne Heir without Heritage II. xi. 219 These early torchlight-meeters. 2. A person who meets one or more others; spec. one who formally receives or welcomes a person or persons, esp. as part of a job. Frequently in meeter and greeter (cf. to meet and greet at meet v. 3e). ΚΠ 1929 L. Bloomfield in K. Malone & M. B. Ruud Stud. in Eng. Philol. in Honor of F. Klaeber 86 When the subject includes both or all the meeters, the form is gemetan. 1932 Daily Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi) 26 Apr. 8/5 He is said to be a wonderful meeter and greeter of men. Sparky Corley says that Barrett immediately recognized him in a local hotel lobby after having seen him only once and that six years before. 1973 Daily Tel. 3 Feb. 14 Any attempt to discover by telephone whether an incoming flight is running late is futile, and..the meeter must arrive on time. 1987 Nation's Restaurant News 4 May f7/1 Anthony..still prefers the back-of-the-house to the front. Vince, on the other hand, is a born meeter-and-greeter. 1991 E. Lax Woody Allen v. 351 I'm not a meeter. I hardly say a word to anybody. 1991 Which? Jan. 36/1 The main gateway to the North, Manchester [airport] has an impressive choice of routes... Facilities for ‘meeters and greeters’ are good. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646 |
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