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单词 overrunner
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overrunnern.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈrʌnə/, /ˈəʊvəˌrʌnə/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvə(r)ˈˌrənər/
Forms: see over- prefix and runner n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overrun v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < overrun v. + -er suffix1.
1. A broad or general examination. Cf. overrun v. 2. Obsolete. rare.
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 23 (MED) Here endis the prolouge of þis boke þat es cald ouerrener of þe werld.
2. A person who or thing which overruns something; spec. an invader, a despoiler. Also figurative.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun] > raider
road-maker1611
overrunnera1657
raider1861
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > non-native inhabitant
alien?a1400
out-comelingc1400
strangerc1460
free denizen1551
denizen1576
peregrine1593
inmatea1600
outcomer1607
resident alien1801
metic1808
expatriate1818
international1851
offcome1859
overrunner1876
aubain1882
offcomer1898
non-native1899
outworlder1948
transplant1961
expat1962
non-patrial1971
a1657 R. Lovelace Poems (1659) 83 Vandall ore-runners, Goths in Literature, Ploughmen that would Parnassus new manure.
1872 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Biogr. & Mythol. (new ed.) I. 365/1 The (fabulous) conqueror (overrunner) of Asia Minor.
1876 J. Hodgson Cradle of Confederacy 111 The Indian was not an occupyer. He was simply an overrunner, and had not the faintest claim.
1898 G. Meredith Odes French Hist. 44 Gallia's over-runner, Rome's inveterate foe.
1997 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 22 Oct. 8 I headed to the kitchen to create some uses of my own for these garden overrunners [sc. zucchinis].
2001 Philadelphia Daily News (Nexis) 7 Nov. 10 Zane fired up his own negative ads, calling Sweeney a tax hiker and cost overrunner.
3. Hunting. A hunting dog which loses the scent by running past a point where the quarry has changed direction. Cf. overrun v. 11c. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > miscellaneous kinds of
titlerc1400
running houndc1425
overrunner1742
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. v. 101 Ringwood the best Hound..no Babler, no Over-runner, respected by the whole Pack. View more context for this quotation
4. English regional. A shrew. Now rare.
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1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words 64 Our-runner, for Over-runner,..a shrew-mouse; which is supposed to portend ill-luck if it runs over a person's foot.
1910 W. H. Hudson Shepherd's Life (1993) xxii. 190 I recall here one of his anecdotes of a very small creature—a shrew, or over-runner, as he called it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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