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单词 onsetter
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onsettern.

Brit. /ˈɒnsɛtə/, U.S. /ˈɔnˌsɛdər/, /ˈɑnˌsɛdər/
Forms: see on- prefix and setter n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: on- prefix, setter n.1
Etymology: < on- prefix + setter n.1, after to set on —— at set v.1 Phrasal verbs 1, to set on at set v.1 Phrasal verbs 2, or (in sense 2) onset v. Compare earlier onsetting n., onset n.2
1. A person who encourages or stirs up violent or aggressive behaviour; an inciter. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates
prickera1382
stirrerc1384
enticerc1386
exciter1387
risera1398
solicitor1412
erterc1440
prompter1440
stirrer?1533
motionerc1535
author1546
onsetter1549
stinger1552
setter-on1560
incentor1570
incensora1575
mover1578
whetter1579
out-hounder1596
hounder1597
egger on1598
inciter1598
instigator1598
urger1598
motive1600
fomenter1607
inflamer1609
fetcher in?1611
provokera1616
putter-ona1616
monitor1616
spurrer1632
outputter1639
poddera1640
commoter1646
impulsor1653
shaker and mover1874
agent provocateur1888
impeller1889
sooler1935
spark plug1941
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Pet. ii. f. viiv Playng the intercessour and not the on settour.
1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. 179 It serues to admonish vs all,..to beware how we become..On-setters to any prophanenesse.
1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. ii. 47 The King..knowing that Clemencie and Grace would more redound to his glory, then..to make himselfe bee beleeved their on-setter, appeased them; pardoning all of them.
2. A person who makes an attack, an aggressor. Obsolete (archaic in later use).
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun]
assailera1400
assailant1523
assaulter1548
setter-on1569
aggressor1585
onsetter1588
offendent1646
attacker1664
inundator1794
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > one who
assailera1400
assailant1523
attemptera1586
onsetter1588
grassator1602
undergoer1612
attacker1664
1588 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. IV. 336 The said servants were the ‘first onsettaris and persewaris’ of the said David.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 332 Tha war not the first onsetteris.
a1605 R. Bannatyne Memorials Trans. Scotl. (1836) 224 [They] thoucht best to persew the vtheris and to be the first onsetteris.
1613 in W. Mackay & G. S. Laing Rec. Inverness (1924) II. 112 Becaus the said Elspet was the onsetter, and the original of hir awin harm.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 500 Until the first, From midst the knot of those onsetters burst.
3. Mining. A worker who loads tubs into the cage at the bottom of a shaft; = hanger-on n. at hanger n.2 5.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > who works with trams, tubs, etc.
coal putter1708
foal1770
onsetter1789
putter1812
headsman1813
trapper1815
thruster1825
trammer1839
train boy1852
tram1856
hanger-on1858
tipper1861
hooker-on?1881
jiggerer?1881
hitcher1890
tub-loader1891
haulier1892
tilter1892
unhooker1892
flatter1894
jagger1900
thrutcher1901
tram-boy1904
filler1921
1789 J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle II. 682 It is the onsetter's business to hang on the corves upon the rope to be drawn up the shaft.
1867 W. W. Smyth Treat. Coal & Coal-mining 151 Keeping the total weight so moderate that..the onsetter and banksmen can easily handle and run the tubs on the iron plates at the bottom and top of the shaft.
1883 Athenæum 20 Jan. 92/1 At present the light is only down to the onsetter's cabin.
1926 Economica 18 280 Onsetters (includes haulage men of all kinds).—This work is mainly done by young men who later become hewers.
1956 Scotsman 2 June 8/3 Willie Laidlaw, onsetter, who controls everything that leaves the bottom in cage or skip.
1985 K. Howarth Sounds Gradely Onsetter, a man employed at a shaft bottom in a colliery. He ensures correct signalling and cage loading. Lancashire coalfield.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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