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单词 mobber
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mobbern.

Brit. /ˈmɒbə/, U.S. /ˈmɑbər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mob v.2, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < mob v.2 + -er suffix1.The reason for use in sense 2 is unclear.
1. A member of a mob; a person or (occasionally) an animal that engages in mobbing.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > one who creates a disturbance or rioter
hurlerc1440
sturblerc1440
perturbera1450
riotora1450
frayera1513
peace-breaker?1533
perturbatora1538
interturber1538
rioter1543
router1584
break-peace1593
roarer1622
uproarer1629
mobber1744
riotist1831
1744 G. Whitefield Brief Acct. Late Tryal 7 His Majesty had no where put the Reins of Government into the Hands of Mobbers.
1745 J. Byrom Jrnl. 9 Dec. in Private Jrnl. & Lit. Remains (1857) II. ii. 398 He orders no two persons be seen walking together..on pain of being deemed mobbers and rioters.
1854 G. D. Watt in B. Young et al. Jrnl. Discourses I. 83/2 I saw two ruffians, whom I knew to be mobbers and murderers.
1885 Harper's Mag. Mar. 599 That sparrow..disappeared in a panic, and the whole party of mobbers with him.
1929 Amer. Mercury Jan. 82/2 Rapidly the news spread of the clash and the number of mobbers grew hourly.
1977 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics 8 7 Alarm calls may be effective in alerting a mate against going to the nest, in attracting potential mobbers to the parasite [etc.].
1998 R. Price Freedomland iii. xxvi. 445 Watching as a few dozen mobbers marched off,..Jesse wondered if they knew where they were going.
2. U.S. slang. A fish porter. Obsolete. rare.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > porter > types of
wine-porter1580
street porter1606
tackle-house porter1606
tackle-porter1607
sealed porter1631
ticket-porter1646
tub-woman1660
keep-door1682
Suisse1763
bamboo-coolie1800
hop-porter1812
plyer1826
night porter1841
fellowship1864
hall-porter1883
mobber1892
redcap1903
badgeman1904
bummaree1954
1892 E. L. Wakeman in Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 6 Oct. Those who remove the fish to the stallmens' wagons, or the costers' carts, who are called ‘mobbers’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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