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单词 opposer
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opposern.

Brit. /əˈpəʊzə/, U.S. /əˈpoʊzər/
Forms: late Middle English– opposer, 1500s opposier.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oppose v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < oppose v. + -er suffix1. Compare earlier apposer n., poser n.1
1. A person who checks accounts. Cf. oppose v. 2. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > auditor
auditor1377
controllera1400
opposera1483
comptrollera1552
auditory1623
a1483 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 51 The Chamberlayne is this clerke's auditour & opposer.
2.
a. = opponent n. 1b. Cf. oppose v. 1b. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > [noun] > opponent in
opposerc1500
opponent1588
courser1658
c1500 in G. Peacock Observ. Statutes Univ. Cambr. (1841) App. A. p. xlv The Bedellys shall sett the Doctor from hys place to the commyn Scolys to rede his Ordynarye..and there shall wayte on hym all the Opposers.
1574 in G. Peacock Observ. on Statutes of Univ. Cambr. (1841) App. A. p. xiv Mr Vichauncellor, Mr Proctours, the Father, the Opposiers, the Bachiler awnswerynge, and the Bedels have an ordinarye Daye of Intermission at the assignement of Mr Proctours.
b. Chiefly with capital initial. At Eton College and Winchester College: either of two examiners formerly appointed to carry out examinations for scholarships (to King's College, Cambridge, or New College, Oxford, respectively). Cf. apposer n. 1, poser n.1 1. Now rare (historical).
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society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > examiner > at universities
regentc1447
moderator1573
moderatrix1577
tripos1660
tripus1670
praeses1761
senate-house examiner1855
opposer1891
1891 R. G. K. Wrench Winchester Word-bk. 32 Poser, an examiner. A very old word: also still used at Eton. Apposer and opposer are other old forms of it.
1901 H. Rashdall & R. S. Rait New College, Oxf. vi. 132 The Warden and Opposers are not to take bribes.
1926 M. R. James Eton & King's 99 The Provost of King's and two fellows selected for the purpose and known as Posers (Opposers, Apposiers, in the old Accounts) came to Eton and held an examination to select scholars of King's from among the Collegers.
3. = opponent n. 1a.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opponent
adversaryc1350
contraryc1405
overthwarter?c1450
party1488
opposant1489
oppositec1500
encounterer1523
oppugner1535
header1537
opponent1553
antagonist1555
crosser1565
adverse1593
oppositor1598
oppugnator1611
stickler1612
opposera1616
antipos1631
thwarter1633
Antarctic1637
contrariant1657
foe1697
oppositionist1786
oppugnanta1834
counterworker1867
contester1884
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. i. 6 Holy seemes the quarrell Vpon your Graces part: blacke and fearefull On the opposer . View more context for this quotation
1637 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table 139 Opposers of our Liturgie, who brag of their Cosinship and Coheirship with Christ.
1678 I. Walton Life of Sanderson b 1 b They perswaded him, that if he would but stand for Proctor,..he would infallibly carry it against any Opposers.
1724 Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 32 214 The Opposers of Inoculation affirm, that two Persons died of the Inoculated Small Pox.
1764 ‘G. Psalmanazar’ Memoirs 195 I had a much greater number of opposers to combat with.
1776 W. Nimmo Hist. Stirlingshire (1817) I. vi. 125 He had been a strenuous opposer of the Reformation.
1830 W. Scott Ivanhoe in Waverley Novels XVI. 330 (note) The Journalist held his master's opinions..with respect to the Earl of Cassilis as an opposer of the king's party.
1884 Kendal Mercury 31 Oct. 5/2 The opposers of the scheme were a minority.
1925 H. P. Smith Old Test. Hist. xi. 212 He would vindicate them against every opposer.
1991 Independent 3 Dec. 18/2 The paper talks of sacking ‘renegades, subversives and opposers’ and of ‘de-recognising’ unions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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