mynheern.

Brit.

/mʌɪnˈhɛː/,

/meɪnˈhɪə/,

/məˈnɪə/, U.S.

/maɪnˈhɛ(ə)r/,

/maɪnˈhɪ(ə)r/,

/məˈnɪ(ə)r/, South African English

/meɪnˈhɪə/

Inflections: Plural mynheers, (See also meneer n.) mynheeren.

Forms: 1600s menheir, 1600s mine heire, 1600s min heer, 1600s minheir, 1600s myn here, 1600s–1700s minheer, 1600s–1800s mijn heer, 1600s–1800s myn heer, 1600s– mijnheer, 1600s– mynheer, 1700s miin heer, 1700s minhier, 1700s–1800s mynher, 1800s meinheer, 1800s mynheere, 1800s mynheir, 1900s– mihnheer (South African (now historical)), 1900s– mijnheer (South African (now historical)), 1900s– m'nheer (South African (now historical)).

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch mijnheer.

Etymology: < Dutch mijnheer, mynheer, meneer Mr, sir, gentleman (15th cent. in form mijnheere , 14th cent. in form mijn her , originally a form of address to a feudal lord) < mijn (see mine adj. and pron.) + heer lord, master (see her n.¹), perhaps after Middle French, French monseigneur monseigneur n., monsieur monsieur n.Up to the 16th or 17th cent., a distinction was made in Dutch between mijn heere (two words) and the compound mijnheer , the former being used for persons of higher rank. With use in South Africa, compare meneer n. (now the usual form there). N.E.D. (1908) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciations (mainhē·r, mənē·r) /maɪnˈhɛːr/ /məˈnɛːr/.

1. As a polite or respectful form of address to a Dutchman or an Afrikaner: sir, mister (Mr). Also used as a title or sometimes substituted for the name of the man or the pronoun that would stand for this. In British use often humorous or ironic.Sometimes applied to a German man, as in quot. 1711: see mein Herr n.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for a man > in languages other than English

Messer1566

signory1585

signor1592

signore1594

mynheer1605

signorship1633

tuan1779

Bwana1860

meneer1899

oga1917

Thakin1920

sayyid1964

1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan v. sig. G3 Myn-here. Ick sall tell you, metre Malhereux Came all bretlesse running a my shambra His sword all bloudie.

1652 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 308 Myn Heer Capel.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. ix. 236 True Myn-here (quoth Steepen Malten) we shall not heare of this againe.

1678 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Indian Trav. i. vii. 49 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. Menheir Velant, chief of the Holland-Factory at Agra.

1688 Bp. Barnet tr. (title) A letter writ by Mijn Heer Fagel to Mr. James Stewart..giving an account of the Prince and Princess of Orange's thoughts, concerning the repeal of the Test and the penal laws.

1692 ‘Libidander’ (title) The Secret Letters of Amou between the Dutchess and Mynheer.

1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair i. 6 Stand. Where were you born? Par. In Holland... Stand...Do you love Money? Par. Yaw, Mijn Heer.

1711 Spectator No. 5. ⁋5 He afterwards proceeds to call Minheer Hendel, the Orpheus of our Age.

1736 H. Fielding (title) Tumble-down Dick: or, Phaeton in the suds. A dramatick entertainment... Invented by the ingenious Monsieur Sans Esprit. The musick compos'd by the harmonious Signior Warblerini. And the scenes painted by the prodigious Mynheer Van Bottom-Flat.

1798 Lady A. Barnhard in Ld. Lindsay Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. 463 Mr Barnard is so fond of these dried peaches that he became the purchaser of Mynheer's whole stock.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. i. 17 Mynheer Calve, too, becomes Monsieur de Veau.

1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 229 ‘Did you see me go out..?’..‘No, meinheer,’ said the boy. ‘And did you not see me come in?’ ‘No, meinheer.’

1868 Notes & Queries 21 Mar. 268/2 There is a well-known modern glee commencing—‘Mynheer Van Dunk, Though he never got drunk’, &c. in Colman's Law of Java.

1894 M. M. Dodge When Life is Young 237 A very fair singer was Mynheer Schwop, Except that he never knew when to stop... At first, the people would kindly say: ‘Ah, sing it again, Mynheer, we pray’.

1899 G. H. Russell Under Sjambok 227 ‘No, Mijn Heer, no,’ was the reply, ‘I am at fault; I shall not do it.’

1914 L. H. Brinkman Breath of Karoo 89 When Boer calls Boer ‘Mr.’ or ‘Mijnheer’ it is a clear sign that the two are strangers to each other.

1924 S. G. Millin God's Step-children 12 He habitually called the missionary ‘Mijnheer’.

1937 F. B. Young They seek Country 430 ‘Ask m'nheer what he will make use of, Lisbet’, Jacoba said.

1969 A. MacLean Puppet on Chain iv. 60 Mynheer likes music?

1993 A. Brink On Contrary (1994) i. 86 I am honoured by your interest, Mijnheer. As, I'm sure, will be the Lords Seventeen.

1998 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 16 Aug. 2/2 Thomas Mann, Germany's greatest novelist, fleshes out the figure of Mynheer Peeperkorn with the mannerisms and attitudinizings of Gerhart Hauptmann.

2. A Dutchman, an Afrikaner; esp. one who is a gentleman. Occasionally collectively: the Dutch, the Afrikaners.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of the Low Countries > [noun] > the Dutch > native or inhabitant of Holland

Hollandera1549

Netherlander1555

Hans1569

Low Dutchman1576

butterbox1595

Dutchman1596

Statesman1603

hogan1649

frog1652

hogen mogen1652

Froglander1673

sooterkin1680

mynheer1701

Dutcher1818

1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 88 Frederick Philips the richest Miin Heer in that place.

1731 H. Fielding Tom Thumb i. iii. 13 Her Messieurs France, let Holland boast Mynheers, Ireland her O's , her Mac's let Scotland boast, Let England boast no other than Tom Thumb.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 30 The man who first transplanted the grape..to the Cape of Good Hope (observe he was a Dutch man) never dreamt of drinking the same wine at the Cape..:however, he hoped for the best; and in these hopes..Mynheer might possibly [etc.].

1781 C. Wesley Protestant Assoc. iv. 20 How came Mynheer our doom to know, And publish it two months ago? French Prophets—whence could they foresee Our swift-approaching destiny?

1782 W. Cowper Epist. to Lady Austen 12 Aug. 'Tis thus I spend my moments here, And wish myself a Dutch mynheer.

1827 ‘T. Phlogobombos’ Buccaneers I. i. 57 Spoilers,..who under the name of trading, but in reality for the sake of sharping, inundated the country of the inactive and ease loving Meinheers.

1870 R. Ridgill in A. M. L. Robinson Sel. Articles Cape Monthly Mag. (1978) 29 All enjoyed the joke amazingly; the Hottentots especially chuckled at the thought of having caught mynheer napping.

1886 All Year Round 14 Aug. 35 Mynheer, as clever at a trick as a Yank or a Jap.

1926 P. Smith Beadle (1929) 152 Riding about the farm with mijnheer or visiting..camps and kraals with Frikkie.

1931 V. Sackville-West All Passion Spent ii. 172 A Dutch bulb-grower, a mynheer concerned with..the fertilisation of a new tulip.

1944 J. Mockford Here are S. Africans 45 When they went walking, the mynheers and their good ladies were protected from the rays of the sun by large silk umbrellas.

1955 V. M. Fitzroy Dark Bright Land i. 16 Papa and Leonora..are at Whisk in mijnheer's fore-kamer as they style it.

1981 G. Szirtes Girl visits Rembrandt's House in November & May 10 A sodden mynheer all of cloth and patchwork.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mynheer
释义	mynheern. Brit. /mʌɪnˈhɛː/, /meɪnˈhɪə/, /məˈnɪə/, U.S. /maɪnˈhɛ(ə)r/, /maɪnˈhɪ(ə)r/, /məˈnɪ(ə)r/, South African English /meɪnˈhɪə/ Inflections: Plural mynheers, (See also meneer n.) mynheeren. Forms: 1600s menheir, 1600s mine heire, 1600s min heer, 1600s minheir, 1600s myn here, 1600s–1700s minheer, 1600s–1800s mijn heer, 1600s–1800s myn heer, 1600s– mijnheer, 1600s– mynheer, 1700s miin heer, 1700s minhier, 1700s–1800s mynher, 1800s meinheer, 1800s mynheere, 1800s mynheir, 1900s– mihnheer (South African (now historical)), 1900s– mijnheer (South African (now historical)), 1900s– m'nheer (South African (now historical)). Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch mijnheer. Etymology: < Dutch mijnheer, mynheer, meneer Mr, sir, gentleman (15th cent. in form mijnheere , 14th cent. in form mijn her , originally a form of address to a feudal lord) < mijn (see mine adj. and pron.) + heer lord, master (see her n.¹), perhaps after Middle French, French monseigneur monseigneur n., monsieur monsieur n.Up to the 16th or 17th cent., a distinction was made in Dutch between mijn heere (two words) and the compound mijnheer , the former being used for persons of higher rank. With use in South Africa, compare meneer n. (now the usual form there). N.E.D. (1908) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciations (mainhē·r, mənē·r) /maɪnˈhɛːr/ /məˈnɛːr/. 1. As a polite or respectful form of address to a Dutchman or an Afrikaner: sir, mister (Mr). Also used as a title or sometimes substituted for the name of the man or the pronoun that would stand for this. In British use often humorous or ironic.Sometimes applied to a German man, as in quot. 1711: see mein Herr n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for a man > in languages other than English Messer1566 signory1585 signor1592 signore1594 mynheer1605 signorship1633 tuan1779 Bwana1860 meneer1899 oga1917 Thakin1920 sayyid1964 1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan v. sig. G3 Myn-here. Ick sall tell you, metre Malhereux Came all bretlesse running a my shambra His sword all bloudie. 1652 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 308 Myn Heer Capel. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. ix. 236 True Myn-here (quoth Steepen Malten) we shall not heare of this againe. 1678 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Indian Trav. i. vii. 49 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. Menheir Velant, chief of the Holland-Factory at Agra. 1688 Bp. Barnet tr. (title) A letter writ by Mijn Heer Fagel to Mr. James Stewart..giving an account of the Prince and Princess of Orange's thoughts, concerning the repeal of the Test and the penal laws. 1692 ‘Libidander’ (title) The Secret Letters of Amou between the Dutchess and Mynheer. 1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair i. 6 Stand. Where were you born? Par. In Holland... Stand...Do you love Money? Par. Yaw, Mijn Heer. 1711 Spectator No. 5. ⁋5 He afterwards proceeds to call Minheer Hendel, the Orpheus of our Age. 1736 H. Fielding (title) Tumble-down Dick: or, Phaeton in the suds. A dramatick entertainment... Invented by the ingenious Monsieur Sans Esprit. The musick compos'd by the harmonious Signior Warblerini. And the scenes painted by the prodigious Mynheer Van Bottom-Flat. 1798 Lady A. Barnhard in Ld. Lindsay Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. 463 Mr Barnard is so fond of these dried peaches that he became the purchaser of Mynheer's whole stock. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. i. 17 Mynheer Calve, too, becomes Monsieur de Veau. 1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 229 ‘Did you see me go out..?’..‘No, meinheer,’ said the boy. ‘And did you not see me come in?’ ‘No, meinheer.’ 1868 Notes & Queries 21 Mar. 268/2 There is a well-known modern glee commencing—‘Mynheer Van Dunk, Though he never got drunk’, &c. in Colman's Law of Java. 1894 M. M. Dodge When Life is Young 237 A very fair singer was Mynheer Schwop, Except that he never knew when to stop... At first, the people would kindly say: ‘Ah, sing it again, Mynheer, we pray’. 1899 G. H. Russell Under Sjambok 227 ‘No, Mijn Heer, no,’ was the reply, ‘I am at fault; I shall not do it.’ 1914 L. H. Brinkman Breath of Karoo 89 When Boer calls Boer ‘Mr.’ or ‘Mijnheer’ it is a clear sign that the two are strangers to each other. 1924 S. G. Millin God's Step-children 12 He habitually called the missionary ‘Mijnheer’. 1937 F. B. Young They seek Country 430 ‘Ask m'nheer what he will make use of, Lisbet’, Jacoba said. 1969 A. MacLean Puppet on Chain iv. 60 Mynheer likes music? 1993 A. Brink On Contrary (1994) i. 86 I am honoured by your interest, Mijnheer. As, I'm sure, will be the Lords Seventeen. 1998 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 16 Aug. 2/2 Thomas Mann, Germany's greatest novelist, fleshes out the figure of Mynheer Peeperkorn with the mannerisms and attitudinizings of Gerhart Hauptmann. 2. A Dutchman, an Afrikaner; esp. one who is a gentleman. Occasionally collectively: the Dutch, the Afrikaners. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of the Low Countries > [noun] > the Dutch > native or inhabitant of Holland Hollandera1549 Netherlander1555 Hans1569 Low Dutchman1576 butterbox1595 Dutchman1596 Statesman1603 hogan1649 frog1652 hogen mogen1652 Froglander1673 sooterkin1680 mynheer1701 Dutcher1818 1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 88 Frederick Philips the richest Miin Heer in that place. 1731 H. Fielding Tom Thumb i. iii. 13 Her Messieurs France, let Holland boast Mynheers, Ireland her O's , her Mac's let Scotland boast, Let England boast no other than Tom Thumb. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 30 The man who first transplanted the grape..to the Cape of Good Hope (observe he was a Dutch man) never dreamt of drinking the same wine at the Cape..:however, he hoped for the best; and in these hopes..Mynheer might possibly [etc.]. 1781 C. Wesley Protestant Assoc. iv. 20 How came Mynheer our doom to know, And publish it two months ago? French Prophets—whence could they foresee Our swift-approaching destiny? 1782 W. Cowper Epist. to Lady Austen 12 Aug. 'Tis thus I spend my moments here, And wish myself a Dutch mynheer. 1827 ‘T. Phlogobombos’ Buccaneers I. i. 57 Spoilers,..who under the name of trading, but in reality for the sake of sharping, inundated the country of the inactive and ease loving Meinheers. 1870 R. Ridgill in A. M. L. Robinson Sel. Articles Cape Monthly Mag. (1978) 29 All enjoyed the joke amazingly; the Hottentots especially chuckled at the thought of having caught mynheer napping. 1886 All Year Round 14 Aug. 35 Mynheer, as clever at a trick as a Yank or a Jap. 1926 P. Smith Beadle (1929) 152 Riding about the farm with mijnheer or visiting..camps and kraals with Frikkie. 1931 V. Sackville-West All Passion Spent ii. 172 A Dutch bulb-grower, a mynheer concerned with..the fertilisation of a new tulip. 1944 J. Mockford Here are S. Africans 45 When they went walking, the mynheers and their good ladies were protected from the rays of the sun by large silk umbrellas. 1955 V. M. Fitzroy Dark Bright Land i. 16 Papa and Leonora..are at Whisk in mijnheer's fore-kamer as they style it. 1981 G. Szirtes Girl visits Rembrandt's House in November & May 10 A sodden mynheer all of cloth and patchwork. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1605
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