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单词 plumer
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plumern.1

Brit. /ˈpluːmə/, U.S. /ˈplumər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plume n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: In sense 1 apparently < plume n. (although this is apparently not attested between the end of the Old English period and the 15th cent.) + -er suffix1; compare later plumier n. In sense 2 < plume n. + -er suffix1; compare earlier plume hunter n. at plume n. Compounds 2.
1. A dealer in feathers. Obsolete. rare.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in feathers
plumer1282
feather-maker1580
feather-monger1599
feathermana1635
1282 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1899) A. 46 (MED) [John de Cestrehunte], plumer..[John de Cestrehunte], Fethermongere.
2. = plume hunter n. at plume n. Compounds 2. Now historical.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowler > [noun] > for plumage
plume hunter1887
plumer1893
1893 Science 18 Aug. 93/1 The..Island, through the magnitude of its tern population, attracted the attention of plumers, through whose depredations it became wholly depopulated.
1914 D. L. Sharp Where rolls Oregon v. 99 Long before we had traveled over these apparently unknown regions, plumers had preceded us. We followed in their trails.
1947 R. Bedichek Adventures with Texas Naturalist xix. 253 Then I see the long plumes at their best, the very moment when the old plumers, economizing ammunition, shot to kill both birds at once, since the bloom then on the aigrettes increased the market price.
2001 News-Press (Fort Myers, Florida) (Nexis) 29 Sept. 11 j It was mainly an attempt to control illegal plumers and poachers and other encroachers on Mother Nature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

plumern.2

Forms: late Middle English plumere.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plume n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < plume n. + -er suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
A bird; (perhaps) a bird that is fully fledged.
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the world > animals > birds > young bird > [noun] > fledgeling
plumerc1450
puler1611
fledgling1846
c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 603/29 Plumacius, a plumere, avis est.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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