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单词 netter
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nettern.1

Brit. /ˈnɛtə/, U.S. /ˈnɛdər/
Forms: Middle English nettare, Middle English– netter.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: net n.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < net n.1 + -er suffix1. Compare post-classical Latin netarius netmaker (1374 in a British source).Attested earlier as a surname, probably showing sense 1, as John le Nettere (1298); compare also slightly earlier John le Netiare (1253; compare -ier suffix).
1. A netmaker. Now rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > netting > one who
net maker1288
netter1418
1418–19 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1909) I. 212 (MED) [John Bartelot], netter.
1482 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 192 My Lord rekened with his netter, and he had sent home to Stoke a dragge of viij. fadom.
1947 A. Ransome Great Northern? xv. 181 The netters grew more and more pleased with themselves as they saw the strips of netting growing longer.
2. A person who uses a net, esp. a fisherman. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using net
netter1591
net-fisher1677
net-man1847
netsman1867
1591 Speeches & Hon. Entertainm. Cowdrey 10 Here be the Netters, these be they that..will draw a whole pond for the market.
1838 J. E. Tyler Mem. Henry V II. 56 He was called the Netter from the expertness..with which he caught..his antagonists in argument.
1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere xi. 86 A gang of netters sweeping the stream.
1876 W. Thornbury Hist. & Legendary Ballads & Songs 118 The gladiators doomed to death come pacing two and two... The netters and the light-armed lads, the agile targeteers.
1950 John o' London's Weekly 59 7 July 409/3 Everything is fish that comes to our author's net and he is a tireless netter.
1990 Compl. Angler's Guide Spring 62/1 Netters realised the sophisticated electrical fish-finding equipment was so accurate they could sweep their net right over the top of the wreck.
3. U.S. colloquial. A tennis player.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > player
tennis-player1884
netter1932
1932 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Sept. 14/1 (heading) Coast netter stops invader. Stoefen injects drama into Forest Hills meet defeating Japanese.
1974 Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 23 Apr. 6 a/3 The Anderson College netters took an 8–1 win over Gainesville here Monday but the AC No. 1 doubles team of Rajiv Kapur and Elango Ranganathan dropped its first match after 18 straight wins.
1984 Independent Florida Alligator 3 Apr. 15/2 (heading) Women netters destroy South Florida, 5-1.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Nettern.2

Brit. /ˈnɛtə/, U.S. /ˈnɛdər/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: net n.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < net n.1 (see sense 7b at that entry) + -er suffix1.
Computing slang.
A frequent user of a computer network, esp. the internet; spec. a person who regularly posts messages on a computer bulletin board.
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1982 Pertinent trb Comments in net.misc,net.jokes (Usenet newsgroup) 3 Nov. To quote a fellow ‘netter’, ‘If you can't pick on..[him], who can you pick on?’
1989 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 25 June a3 One Berkeley ‘netter’, as the participants are called, suggested that the hard-core communist leaders were panicking.
1993 Australian 23 Mar. (Brisbane ed.) 29/1 Users call themselves Netters or Net-Heads and insist that the Net is more than just a computer system. It's an ethic..a way of life.
1995 Guardian 14 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 35/4 Slumped in front of the screen, a mouse for their only friend, Netters have been derided for their folly, while the Internet itself is denounced as a mere CB radio for the Nineties.
2001 Searcher (Nexis) 1 Mar. 74 Fifty-six percent of U.S. Netters engage in e-commerce transactions.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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