merchant tailorn.

Brit.

/ˌməːtʃ(ə)n(t) ˈteɪlə/, U.S.

/ˈˌmərtʃ(ə)n(t) ˈteɪlər/

Forms: see merchant n. and adj. and tailor n.¹; also 1600s– Merchant Taylor (see note below). Also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: merchant n., tailor n.¹

Etymology: < merchant n. + tailor n.¹

1. A tailor whose business includes buying cloth as well as manufacturing garments. Hence (usually in form Merchant Taylor): a member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors.Also in the names of schools, scholarships, etc., founded by the Merchant Taylors' Company: see sense 2.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > tailor > other tailors

merchant tailor1533

cardower1825

springer-up1851

whip-the-cat1851

Jew1916

1533 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 356 Nicholas Glossop, an olde Auncient of youre Felisship of merchaunt Taillours.

1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 87 John Harres a merchant-taylor in Watlynge stret.

c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 5 This yeare the Taylors sued to the Kinge to be called Marchant taylors.

1653 in Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1886) X. 1 I Robert Keayne, Cittizen and Merchant Taylor of London by freedome,..now dwelling at Boston.

1687 Honour of Taylors i. § i. 1 The Merchant-Taylors, then called Linnen-Armourers, were eminent not only in Peace, but War.

1707 J. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) iii. xi. 386 That eminent School [sc. Merchant Taylors] near Cannon-street, built by Sir Tho. White, Alderman, and Merchant-Taylor of London.

1792 N.-Y. Directory 90 Matthews, William, merchant taylor, 27, Water-street.

1818 H. B. Fearon Sketches Amer. 33 Taylors are numerous: they are denominated, (in conformity with the accustomed vanity of the country), ‘Merchant Taylors’.

1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 118/2 The first twelve are called the Twelve Great Companies... 7. Merchant Tailors.

1904 Collier's 7 May 19/1 (advt.) All the findings are such as only can be secured in the high grade merchant-tailor article.

1972 A. Stacpoole et al. Noble City of York 515 The Merchant Taylors' Company [of York] started its life as separate gilds of Drapers, Taylors, Hosiers and the confraternity of St John the Baptist.

1997 Cityview (Corporation of London) Oct. (Liverylive Suppl.) 5 (heading) Merchant Taylors meet needs.

2. British. In form Merchant Taylor. A person educated at a Merchant Taylors' school, spec. the one (still in existence) founded in London in 1561. Also (occasionally) Merchant Taylor man. Now usually Old Merchant Taylor.Richard Mulcaster (?1530–1611), the influential English schoolmaster, was the first headmaster of the London school, and the poet Edmund Spenser (?1552–99) was one of his pupils there.Two other Merchant Taylors' schools exist in England, both in Crosby, near Liverpool. However, former pupils of the Crosby schools are known as Old Crosbeians, not Old Merchant Taylors.St John's College in Oxford, founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas White (himself a Merchant Taylor), was a principal beneficiary of the Merchant Taylors' company. The college originally had 50 fellowships (later mainly converted into scholarships), of which approximately 37 were reserved for pupils of the Merchant Taylors' School. The sermon referred to in quot. 1958 was in Latin, and a translation published in 1722 contains no instance of the term, nor have any other early uses been found.

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society > education > member of university > [noun] > (former) specific university or college

mountainer?a1425

Cantabrigianc1540

Oxonianc1540

Sorbonist1560

Oxford man1590

Oxfordian1645

Johnian1655

hog1690

Harvardian1702

squil1721

Cantab1751

king's man1751

Wadhamite1760

Princetonian1807

Brunonian1829

merchant tailor1829

Trinitarian1852

houseman1868

polytechnician1871

Mertonian1883

Cheltonian1887

Girtonian1887

Girtonite1894

Newnhamite1896

woman1896

normalien1904

Somervillian1904

Orangeman1908

Tab1914

Ivy Leaguer1943

Oxbridgean1959

plate-glasser1968

Yalie1969

1829 W. M. Thackeray Let. 29 Jan. (1945) I. 27 I..got introduced to all the Merchant Taylor men.

1877 Notes & Queries 5 May 347/1 Sir Henry Ellis (himself a Merchant Taylor).

1877 Notes & Queries 5 May 347/2 Old Merchant Taylors..who take an interest in their school.

1958 W. C. Costin Hist. St. John's Coll. Oxf. 174 [Thomas Tooly] had preached the funeral sermon over Robert Blunt, a fellow Merchant Taylor, a year his junior, who had died in 1720.

2000 News Sheet (Old Merchant Taylors' Soc.) Spring 24 Old Merchant Taylors' [sic] who knew Christopher..should write to Jon Gabitass, Head Master.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	merchant tailor
释义	merchant tailorn. Brit. /ˌməːtʃ(ə)n(t) ˈteɪlə/, U.S. /ˈˌmərtʃ(ə)n(t) ˈteɪlər/ Forms: see merchant n. and adj. and tailor n.¹; also 1600s– Merchant Taylor (see note below). Also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: merchant n., tailor n.¹ Etymology: < merchant n. + tailor n.¹ 1. A tailor whose business includes buying cloth as well as manufacturing garments. Hence (usually in form Merchant Taylor): a member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors.Also in the names of schools, scholarships, etc., founded by the Merchant Taylors' Company: see sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > tailor > other tailors merchant tailor1533 cardower1825 springer-up1851 whip-the-cat1851 Jew1916 1533 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 356 Nicholas Glossop, an olde Auncient of youre Felisship of merchaunt Taillours. 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 87 John Harres a merchant-taylor in Watlynge stret. c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 5 This yeare the Taylors sued to the Kinge to be called Marchant taylors. 1653 in Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1886) X. 1 I Robert Keayne, Cittizen and Merchant Taylor of London by freedome,..now dwelling at Boston. 1687 Honour of Taylors i. § i. 1 The Merchant-Taylors, then called Linnen-Armourers, were eminent not only in Peace, but War. 1707 J. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) iii. xi. 386 That eminent School [sc. Merchant Taylors] near Cannon-street, built by Sir Tho. White, Alderman, and Merchant-Taylor of London. 1792 N.-Y. Directory 90 Matthews, William, merchant taylor, 27, Water-street. 1818 H. B. Fearon Sketches Amer. 33 Taylors are numerous: they are denominated, (in conformity with the accustomed vanity of the country), ‘Merchant Taylors’. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 118/2 The first twelve are called the Twelve Great Companies... 7. Merchant Tailors. 1904 Collier's 7 May 19/1 (advt.) All the findings are such as only can be secured in the high grade merchant-tailor article. 1972 A. Stacpoole et al. Noble City of York 515 The Merchant Taylors' Company [of York] started its life as separate gilds of Drapers, Taylors, Hosiers and the confraternity of St John the Baptist. 1997 Cityview (Corporation of London) Oct. (Liverylive Suppl.) 5 (heading) Merchant Taylors meet needs. 2. British. In form Merchant Taylor. A person educated at a Merchant Taylors' school, spec. the one (still in existence) founded in London in 1561. Also (occasionally) Merchant Taylor man. Now usually Old Merchant Taylor.Richard Mulcaster (?1530–1611), the influential English schoolmaster, was the first headmaster of the London school, and the poet Edmund Spenser (?1552–99) was one of his pupils there.Two other Merchant Taylors' schools exist in England, both in Crosby, near Liverpool. However, former pupils of the Crosby schools are known as Old Crosbeians, not Old Merchant Taylors.St John's College in Oxford, founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas White (himself a Merchant Taylor), was a principal beneficiary of the Merchant Taylors' company. The college originally had 50 fellowships (later mainly converted into scholarships), of which approximately 37 were reserved for pupils of the Merchant Taylors' School. The sermon referred to in quot. 1958 was in Latin, and a translation published in 1722 contains no instance of the term, nor have any other early uses been found. ΘΚΠ society > education > member of university > [noun] > (former) specific university or college mountainer?a1425 Cantabrigianc1540 Oxonianc1540 Sorbonist1560 Oxford man1590 Oxfordian1645 Johnian1655 hog1690 Harvardian1702 squil1721 Cantab1751 king's man1751 Wadhamite1760 Princetonian1807 Brunonian1829 merchant tailor1829 Trinitarian1852 houseman1868 polytechnician1871 Mertonian1883 Cheltonian1887 Girtonian1887 Girtonite1894 Newnhamite1896 woman1896 normalien1904 Somervillian1904 Orangeman1908 Tab1914 Ivy Leaguer1943 Oxbridgean1959 plate-glasser1968 Yalie1969 1829 W. M. Thackeray Let. 29 Jan. (1945) I. 27 I..got introduced to all the Merchant Taylor men. 1877 Notes & Queries 5 May 347/1 Sir Henry Ellis (himself a Merchant Taylor). 1877 Notes & Queries 5 May 347/2 Old Merchant Taylors..who take an interest in their school. 1958 W. C. Costin Hist. St. John's Coll. Oxf. 174 [Thomas Tooly] had preached the funeral sermon over Robert Blunt, a fellow Merchant Taylor, a year his junior, who had died in 1720. 2000 News Sheet (Old Merchant Taylors' Soc.) Spring 24 Old Merchant Taylors' [sic] who knew Christopher..should write to Jon Gabitass, Head Master. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1533
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