单词 | outroper |
释义 | † outropern. Obsolete. An auctioneer; spec. (a title of) the Common Crier of the City of London. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > auctioneer portsale-maker1552 crier1556 rouper1560 outcrier1577 outroper1583 vendue master1679 auctioneer1708 sale-factor1770 vendue crier1778 1583 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Wills Court of Husting (1890) II. 708 [Her household stuff to be sold by the] owtroper. 1612 ‘Sir J. Cæsar’ Let. to Ld. Mayor 30 Apr. in Remembrancia (City of London) III. 47 His suite unto you is, to grant unto him the office called ye Outroper of the cittie of London. 1638 1st Charter Charles I to London in J. Luffman Charters (1793) 275 We..do erect and create in and through the said City..a certain office, called Outroper or Common Cryer, to and for the selling of houshold stuff, apparel, leases..and other things, of all persons who shall be willing that the said officers shall make sale of the same by public and open claim, commonly called outcry and sale. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2404/4 Whereas an Ancient Office (called, the Outropers Office) hath been Established and Used within this City and Liberties thereof..for all Publick Sales of Goods. 1691 House of Lords MSS 1690–1 (1892) 303 The office of Outroper was anciently exercised by the Common Cryer and chiefly for the benefit of Orphans in the sale of goods of citizens deceased. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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