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单词 mealman
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mealmann.

Brit. /ˈmiːlmən/, U.S. /ˈmilm(ə)n/
Forms: see meal n.1 and man n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meal n.1, man n.1
Etymology: < meal n.1 + man n.1
Now historical.
A person who deals in meal or flour.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in food and drink > in specific foodstuffs
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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).
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