单词 | preservator |
释义 | preservatorn. A person who or thing which preserves something; a preserver. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > one who preserves from injury or destruction preserver?a1475 savera1500 servatorc1503 preservator1541 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxx. f. 69 Whyche shall sweare by the goddis preseruatours of the citie of Rome. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 64 He imagined, that his death..should be as a seale of confirmation of his lawe, and the continuall preseruitour of his cittie. 1582 in Hereford Munic. MSS (transcript) (O.E.D. Archive) I. ii. 113 Good preservators of the comon wealthe. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. v. 209 The commonalty of such places, which are the only preservators both of the ancient Habits, and Languages, thereunto belonging. 1800 W. H. Hall Death of Cain i. 26 In this trying time of distress the watchful eye of the Creator and Preservator of Man was on those children of affliction. 1844 Times 1 Feb. 4/2 Her Majesty's Attorney-General, the public prosecutor, the preservator of the public peace. 1896 Daily Republican (Decatur, Illinois) 11 Nov. (advt.) A good pair of winter shoes is a health preservator par excellence. 1939 Lima (Ohio) News 21 May 14/2 (advt.) New preservator with visual freezing. Quick-freezing shelves. 1976 Jrnl. Soc. Archit. Historians 35 320/3 None of this..implies that Art Deco is not a fit subject for architectural historian, architectural critic, or preservator. 1991 Toronto Star (Nexis) 25 May h1 Boxloads of plastic preservators to keep the cards in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1541 |
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