accentorn.

Brit.

/əkˈsɛntə/,

/akˈsɛntə/, U.S.

/ˈæksɛn(t)ər/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin accentor, Accentor.

Etymology: In sense 1 < post-classical Latin accentor person who sings with another (a636 in Isidore) < classical Latin ad- ad- prefix + cantor cantor n.¹ In sense 2 < scientific Latin Accentor, former genus name ( J. M. Bechstein Getreue Abbildungen naturhistorischer Gegenstände (1795) 47), specific use of post-classical Latin accentor.Although quot. 1817 mentions the German biologist B. Meyer as coiner of the genus name, this is not the case.

†1. Music. A person who performs the treble part in a trio or choir. Cf. incentor n. 2, succentor n. 1b. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > other types of singer > [noun] > singer of specific part

superius1653

accentor1656

incentor1656

organist1782

organizer1880

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Incentor, he that singeth the descant. In singing there are three degrees, the first Succentor, the second Incentor, the third Accentor.

1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 2 Accentor, one of three singers in parts, or the person that sings the predominant part in a trio. [Also in later dictionaries.]

a. Originally (in form Accentor): a former genus of small Eurasian songbirds (now called Prunella), with brownish-grey plumage and a slender bill, including the dunnock, P. modularis. In later use: (frequently with distinguishing word) any songbird of the genus Prunella or family Prunellidae.hedge, robin accentor: see the first element.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Prunellidae (accentor)

accentor1817

1817 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. X. ii. 487 M. Meyer forms a genus for this species, by the name of Accentor.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Hedge-accentor, the hedge-sparrow.

1866 W. Jardine Naturalist's Lib. II. 186 The Alpine Accentor lays claim to rank in the British Fauna, from the occurrence of a single specimen shot in the garden of King's College, Cambridge.

1910 Auk Oct. 477 In respect to matters of nomenclature, the name Prunella properly displaces Accentor.

1920 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 72 The hedge sparrow and golden-crested wren, the former of which is..an accentor, and the latter a regulus.

1954 R. T. Peterson et al. Field Guide Birds Brit. 302 Mountain Accentor. Prunella montanella.

2006 New Yorker 29 May 57/3 The Siberian accentor he claimed to have collected in Ladakh in April, 1925, had actually been collected in Peking by a man named Kibort.

b. U.S. In full golden-crowned accentor. The ovenbird, Seiurus auricapillus. Now rare.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Parulidae (wood warbler) > [noun] > genus Seiurus (water-thrush)

water-wagtail1759

waterthrush1811

ovenbird1831

accentor1841

water waga1866

wagtail1869

wagtail-warbler1884

1841 J. J. Audubon Birds Amer. III. 36 Seiurus aurocapillus, Golden-crowned accentor.

1884 J. Burroughs Fresh Fields 134 Its cousin, the wood wagtail, or golden-crowned thrush of the older ornithologists, and golden-crowned accentor of the later.

1899 M. O. Wright & L. A. Fuertes Birdcraft 107 Suddenly from the pines comes the half-defiant call, ‘Teacher, Teacher, TEACHER!’ each syllable accented, and rattled off with increasing volume... This call has given him a third name,—the Accentor.

1964 H. M. Halliday Bird Land 46 This little pedestrian of the forest floor has been called the golden-crowned accentor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	accentor
释义	accentorn. Brit. /əkˈsɛntə/, /akˈsɛntə/, U.S. /ˈæksɛn(t)ər/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin accentor, Accentor. Etymology: In sense 1 < post-classical Latin accentor person who sings with another (a636 in Isidore) < classical Latin ad- ad- prefix + cantor cantor n.¹ In sense 2 < scientific Latin Accentor, former genus name ( J. M. Bechstein Getreue Abbildungen naturhistorischer Gegenstände (1795) 47), specific use of post-classical Latin accentor.Although quot. 1817 mentions the German biologist B. Meyer as coiner of the genus name, this is not the case. †1. Music. A person who performs the treble part in a trio or choir. Cf. incentor n. 2, succentor n. 1b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > other types of singer > [noun] > singer of specific part superius1653 accentor1656 incentor1656 organist1782 organizer1880 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Incentor, he that singeth the descant. In singing there are three degrees, the first Succentor, the second Incentor, the third Accentor. 1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 2 Accentor, one of three singers in parts, or the person that sings the predominant part in a trio. [Also in later dictionaries.] 2. a. Originally (in form Accentor): a former genus of small Eurasian songbirds (now called Prunella), with brownish-grey plumage and a slender bill, including the dunnock, P. modularis. In later use: (frequently with distinguishing word) any songbird of the genus Prunella or family Prunellidae.hedge, robin accentor: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Prunellidae (accentor) accentor1817 1817 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. X. ii. 487 M. Meyer forms a genus for this species, by the name of Accentor. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Hedge-accentor, the hedge-sparrow. 1866 W. Jardine Naturalist's Lib. II. 186 The Alpine Accentor lays claim to rank in the British Fauna, from the occurrence of a single specimen shot in the garden of King's College, Cambridge. 1910 Auk Oct. 477 In respect to matters of nomenclature, the name Prunella properly displaces Accentor. 1920 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 72 The hedge sparrow and golden-crested wren, the former of which is..an accentor, and the latter a regulus. 1954 R. T. Peterson et al. Field Guide Birds Brit. 302 Mountain Accentor. Prunella montanella. 2006 New Yorker 29 May 57/3 The Siberian accentor he claimed to have collected in Ladakh in April, 1925, had actually been collected in Peking by a man named Kibort. b. U.S. In full golden-crowned accentor. The ovenbird, Seiurus auricapillus. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Parulidae (wood warbler) > [noun] > genus Seiurus (water-thrush) water-wagtail1759 waterthrush1811 ovenbird1831 accentor1841 water waga1866 wagtail1869 wagtail-warbler1884 1841 J. J. Audubon Birds Amer. III. 36 Seiurus aurocapillus, Golden-crowned accentor. 1884 J. Burroughs Fresh Fields 134 Its cousin, the wood wagtail, or golden-crowned thrush of the older ornithologists, and golden-crowned accentor of the later. 1899 M. O. Wright & L. A. Fuertes Birdcraft 107 Suddenly from the pines comes the half-defiant call, ‘Teacher, Teacher, TEACHER!’ each syllable accented, and rattled off with increasing volume... This call has given him a third name,—the Accentor. 1964 H. M. Halliday Bird Land 46 This little pedestrian of the forest floor has been called the golden-crowned accentor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1656
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