单词 | mealman |
释义 | mealmann. Now historical. A person who deals in meal or flour. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in food and drink > in specific foodstuffs saltera1000 oilman1275 oysterman1305 pepperer1309 butchera1325 mealman1527 pepper mana1661 butter factor1696 porkman1749 flour-factor1815 macaroni dealer1854 1527 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 91 Als mony half furlatis as vyll sereff all the mellmen. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Mealeman or meale seller, suffarraneus. 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 77 Alle save only the mele-men. 1645 in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 33 The Informacion of Nicholas Cleere of Barking Mealeman taken vpon Oath. 1679 London Gaz. No. 1407/4 Mr. Acres Meal~man. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming xxxvii. 303 As the Colour of its Flour is brown, rough, and of an ill Scent, the Mealman much hates it. 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Henley upon Thames The inhabitants are generally maltsters, mealmen and bargemen. 1802 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1803) 6 89 All our meal-men and millers are Esquires. 1854 Census Great Brit. 1851: Population Tables II I. p. cxxiv/2 Mealman, bran-dealer. 1915 Econ. Jrnl. 25 576 Defoe shows us the bakers of London absorbing the middleman function of the meal~man by going up country to buy their flour. 1992 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 52 104 Food and drink trades included butcher, baker, chandler,..mealman, tallow chandler, victualler, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1527 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。