单词 | perlustrator |
释义 | perlustratorn. Scottish. rare. A person who examines or inspects thoroughly.spec. at the University of St Andrew's: a senior member of the university whose duty is to superintend the discipline of students. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] > one who surveys veyorc1432 scout1605 reconnoiterer1752 perlustrator1807 outscout1831 1807 J. Hall Trav. Scotl. I. 114 These morning and evening visits..were called Perlustrations, and the Hebdomader, in reference to this part of his office, the Perlustrator. 1968 Polit. Sci. Q. 83 134 Old fashioned diplomats..have on occasion declined to make use of such ‘dirty’ practices, until they become inevitable, and serious historians have followed them, rather than find out what they could about bribers and bribed, interceptors, perlustrators, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1807 |
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