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prizern.1Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prize v.1, -er suffix1. Etymology: < prize v.1 + -er suffix1. Compare praiser n. 2. the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] > one who appraises 1424 in R. R. Sharpe (1909) 292 (MED) And that tailes anon be made in presens of constables and prisers bitwene the purveours and hem of whom the gode shal be take. 1427 (1814) II. 15/1 The payn of the prisar [sc. of craftsmen's work], gif he be negligent..salbe [etc.]. (Harl. 221) 413 Prysare, or settar at price, yn a merket or oþer placys, Metaxarius. 1505 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. (1901) I. 7 in (Cd. 784) XXXVI. 1 No bowcher..shall breke nor c[ut] out any flysh to sell exsept the said prysers be ther present. 1549 in W. Cramond (1903) I. 97 Alexander Wynchester [and five others] electit prisers of flesche. 1552 in J. A. Picton (1883) I. 59 Assessors and Prysors. a1625 H. Finch (1636) 472 The prisors to take them of the price if they prise too high. 1655 H. L'Estrange 194 Charges of driving to be set by a priser of the forrage. 1749 94 Shubal Marchant chosen fence viewer and prizer of damages. 1835 1st Rep. Commissioners Munic. Corporations Eng. & Wales App. iv. 2242 in (H.C. 116) XXV. 1 The Market Sayer, Corn Prizer, and all the other inferior officers mentioned above, are annually appointed by the alderman's court. 1933 R. C. Rhodes App. 261 Charles Carpenter of Moditonham Esquire was appointed by Sheridan, 8 September, 1809, as Deputy to the Receiver-General of the Duchy, as Weigher and Prizer of Tin in Cornwall and Devon. the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun] > thing of worth > one who values 1598 F. Meres tr. Luis de Granada ii. xxi. 234 And if men were iust prisers and esteemers of things, how greatly were they to esteeme this promise? ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer xvi. 762 Too much prizer of thyself. 1657 in E. Ashmole (1719) III. 38 A despiser of the World, and a high prizer of our Lord Christ. 1691 J. Norris 33 But now, are the Children of Light such Prizers of Time? a1752 R. Erskine (1777) IV. 381 In a word, they are prizers of the promise, and pleaders of the promise, appliers of the promise. 1952 W. Muir & E. Muir tr. F. Kafka Burrow in 273 It need not be any particular enemy that is provoked to pursue me... It may be some one of my own kind, a connoisseur and prizer of burrows, a hermit, a lover of peace. 1963 R. S. Brumbaugh & N. M. Lawrence i. 8 Whitehead is more the Cambridge graduate, a prizer of civilizations, of the cultivated mind, and of creative genius. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † prizern.2Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prize n.3, -er suffix1. Etymology: < prize n.3 + -er suffix1. Obsolete. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > [noun] > prizefighter or professional fighter the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > prize > prize-winner a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. iii. 8 Why would you be so fond to ouercome The bonnie priser of the humorous Duke? View more context for this quotation 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) iv. v, in I. 235 I haue a plot vpon these prizers. 1679 A. Behn v. 66 And fought like prizers not as angry Rivals. 1770 H. Brooke V. 293 Harry..cried, Ah my poor Jack! I knew what would be your Fate the Moment I saw the Face of your Opponent. You unfortunatley met with the famous Oakum, the old Prizer of Islington. 1823 W. Scott II. xii. 301 You shall be fought for in real melée. Only..the successful prizer shall be a gentleman. 1846 R. Browning Luria i, in 5/2 The brace of prizers fairly matched, Poleaxe with poleaxe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). prizern.3Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prize n.1, -er suffix1. Etymology: < prize n.1 + -er suffix1. Compare earlier prizeman n. and also prize-winner n. at prize n.1 and adj. Compounds 1. the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who wins > one who wins a prize 1846 E. Copleston Let. 9 Dec. in W. J. Copleston (1851) 188 My delight was not a little heightened, by seeing my horned countrymen of North Devon among the ‘prizers’. 1902 1 Sept. 6/3 Plumbers. Each man wore a striped suit and cap. Painters and decorators. These were first prizers in white with blue badges. 1922 16 Jan. 9/4 (heading) Native food exhibition in Manchester... Splendid exhibits. List of Prizers and Donors And Names of the Successful Competitors. 1956 20 Sept. 1/6 Noble Prizers. Two United States presidents, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson have received the Nobel prize. 1999 (Nexis) 13 Nov. 2 Looking at it on paper, we are outclassed in every area of the pitch. Written off before a ball is even kicked, no hopers, second prizers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |