pound-keepern.

Brit.

/ˈpaʊn(d)ˌkiːpə/, U.S.

/ˈpaʊn(d)ˌkipər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pound n.², keeper n.

Etymology: < pound n.² + keeper n. Compare earlier pounder n.³, poundman n. at pound n.² Compounds.

A person in charge of a public pound. Cf. pinder n.

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society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > official in charge of stray animals

pindera1500

pinner1499

hog reeve1636

pound-keeper1671

field driver1694

hog constable1710

hog mace1792

poundmaster1897

1641 Rec. 3 Dec. in Anc. Rec. Town Ipswich (1899) Mr. Wilson is the Pound keep.]

1671 Recs. Gen. Court 11 May in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1852) II. 154 All sheep that shall be taken damage feizant and be impownded, shall pay one penny a head, a fowerth part of which shall be to the pownd keeper.

1693 in Acts & Laws Massachusetts-Bay (1724) 58 And that there be paid unto the..Pound-keeper Two Pence per Head for all Neat Cattle or Horses.

1766 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1884) XXI. 233 John Rowe Pound Keeper this year.

1783 W. Cowper Rep. 478 If wrongfully taken, it was at the peril of the person bringing them; not of the pound-keeper, who has no right or power to judge of the legality of the capture; but is the officer of the law, and ministerial only.

1821 N. H. Carter & W. L. Stone N.Y. State Convent. 480 They appoint assessors and collectors of assessments, all the city surveyors..inspectors of wood, weigh masters, pound keepers, health wardens and fire wardens, and a number of subaltern offices.

1841 C. Cist Cincinnati in 1841 163 Levi M'Lean..figures at different periods as jailer, pound-keeper, butcher and constable.

1884 Law Times 15 Mar. 364/1 A pound-keeper obtains a penalty before the justices against the owner of some sheep for releasing them from pound.

1903 Amer. Hist. Rev. 8 549 The town officers were about the same as those of other towns, except the ‘key keeper’, a term I conjecture to be the same as ‘pound-keeper’.

1936 M. H. Bradley Five-minute Girl iii. 40 He was crazy to be important. He'd have been pound keeper if they'd a given him a banquet & a button.

1990 HSUS News Summer 31/2 A dog warden or poundkeeper has discretionary authority..to destroy an impounded dog.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pound-keeper
释义	pound-keepern. Brit. /ˈpaʊn(d)ˌkiːpə/, U.S. /ˈpaʊn(d)ˌkipər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pound n.², keeper n. Etymology: < pound n.² + keeper n. Compare earlier pounder n.³, poundman n. at pound n.² Compounds. A person in charge of a public pound. Cf. pinder n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > official in charge of stray animals pindera1500 pinner1499 hog reeve1636 pound-keeper1671 field driver1694 hog constable1710 hog mace1792 poundmaster1897 1641 Rec. 3 Dec. in Anc. Rec. Town Ipswich (1899) Mr. Wilson is the Pound keep.] 1671 Recs. Gen. Court 11 May in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1852) II. 154 All sheep that shall be taken damage feizant and be impownded, shall pay one penny a head, a fowerth part of which shall be to the pownd keeper. 1693 in Acts & Laws Massachusetts-Bay (1724) 58 And that there be paid unto the..Pound-keeper Two Pence per Head for all Neat Cattle or Horses. 1766 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1884) XXI. 233 John Rowe Pound Keeper this year. 1783 W. Cowper Rep. 478 If wrongfully taken, it was at the peril of the person bringing them; not of the pound-keeper, who has no right or power to judge of the legality of the capture; but is the officer of the law, and ministerial only. 1821 N. H. Carter & W. L. Stone N.Y. State Convent. 480 They appoint assessors and collectors of assessments, all the city surveyors..inspectors of wood, weigh masters, pound keepers, health wardens and fire wardens, and a number of subaltern offices. 1841 C. Cist Cincinnati in 1841 163 Levi M'Lean..figures at different periods as jailer, pound-keeper, butcher and constable. 1884 Law Times 15 Mar. 364/1 A pound-keeper obtains a penalty before the justices against the owner of some sheep for releasing them from pound. 1903 Amer. Hist. Rev. 8 549 The town officers were about the same as those of other towns, except the ‘key keeper’, a term I conjecture to be the same as ‘pound-keeper’. 1936 M. H. Bradley Five-minute Girl iii. 40 He was crazy to be important. He'd have been pound keeper if they'd a given him a banquet & a button. 1990 HSUS News Summer 31/2 A dog warden or poundkeeper has discretionary authority..to destroy an impounded dog. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1671
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