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单词 packeteer
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packeteern.

Brit. /pakᵻˈtɪə/, U.S. /ˌpækəˈtɪ(ə)r/, Canadian English /ˌpækəˈtir/
Forms: see packet n. and adj. and -eer suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: packet n., -eer suffix1.
Etymology: < packet n. + -eer suffix1. With sense 3 compare earlier packetarian n.
Now historical and rare.
1. A writer of articles for a (periodical) newspaper. Cf. packet n. 1c. Obsolete. rare.
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society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > writer for periodicals
packeteer1681
annualist1784
periodicalist1824
1681–2 T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens (1713) II. 74 Jest...Let's hear somewhat of the Pacquetteer. Earn. He tells you in his last, p. 27.
2. Canadian. = packeter n.
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society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > [noun] > person
letter bearera1400
breveterc1440
post1507
letter carrier1552
post boy1588
ordinary1592
packet carrier1606
postie1611
woman-posta1616
postwoman1683
letterman1707
postman1758
packeteer1784
letter boy1794
carrier1798
delivery officer1839
post-girl1850
mailman1881
packeter1893
postlady1975
1784 J. Thomas in Publ. Hudson's Bay Rec. Soc. (1954) 17 27 Tradesmen at their separate employs, Hunters, Trappers, fishermen, and pacqueteers.
1943 Beaver Mar. 30/1 Mail packets were operated on a time-table, just as are mail flights by aeroplanes today. ‘Packeteers’ were never armed.
3. = packetarian n.
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1922 Short Stories Feb. (early issue) 141/2 Au revoir, Joe Pichegru, you sun-smoked son of a packeteer!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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