qualifiern.

Brit.

/ˈkwɒlᵻfʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈkwɑləˌfaɪər/,

/ˈkwɔləˌfaɪər/

Forms: 1500s– qualifier, 1600s qualifyer.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: qualify v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < qualify v. + -er suffix¹. In sense 3 after post-classical Latin qualificator qualificator n.

1. gen. A person who or thing which qualifies (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > toning down > that which

qualifier1561

modifier1890

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > one who or that which qualifies

qualifier1561

reservationist1919

the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [noun] > testing or measuring > one who

qualifier1887

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xix. f. 152 Away with these qualifiers [L. moderatores; Fr. modérateurs], that couer one sacrilege with so many sacrileges.

1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. vii. f. 50 (margin) Qualefiers and alayers of the heate of bloud [L. Quæ sanguinis feruorem temporant].

1638 R. Younge Drunkard's Char. 269 Tobacco, being hot and dry, must have a qualifier of cold and moist from the pot.

1682 Observator 18 Dec. 2/1 A Janus, that looks severall ways and Smiles upon Both Parties. A Qualifyer of both Vice, and Virtue.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xxvi. 183 Sir Charles is no qualifier, Sir, when he stakes his honour.

1796 C. Lamb Let. 10 Dec. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 79 I was unwilling to let my last night's letter go off without this qualifier.

1804 R. Cumberland Sailor's Daughter v. i. 74 The..honey moon, which I have reserv'd to myself before marriage, as a qualifier for all the vinegar moons that will follow.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Mar. 5/1 Our qualifiers of beer have recently been [catching it].

1986 E. F. Einsiedel in C. Itzin Pornography (1993) xv. 273 Malamuth..uses the term with the qualifier that ‘no pejorative connotation is intended’.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 30 Oct. v. 7/3 [To be] openly gay is still not easy here; hence the frequent qualifier ‘gay-friendly’.

2. Grammar. A word or phrase, esp. an adjective or adverb, that qualifies (qualify v. 1b) another word or phrase.Quots. 1892, 1965 exemplify specialized uses.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > modifier or qualifier

qualifier1589

restringenta1626

restrictive1642

modificativea1661

qualificativea1661

modifier1865

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvi. 152 Your Epitheton or qualifier..must be apt and proper for the thing he is added vnto.

1765 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested II. viii. 186 A sentence may also be complex..when the subject or object has a qualifier joined.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. vi. 103 Formal correspondence between a substantive and its qualifier or representative.

1892 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. i. §34. 13 When we distinguish between many men, all men, and some men or few men, we cannot say that many, all, some, few are attribute-words; they are only qualifiers.

1925 J. H. Grattan & P. Gurrey Our Living Lang. xvii. 104 A Qualifier may be a Substantive or a Case-Phrase, or even a Sentence.

1965 N. C. Stageberg Introd. Eng. Gram. xv. 226 Uninflected words like very, quite, and rather can be called qualifiers; and when an inflected word like pretty and mighty appears in the same position, consider it a qualifier by position.

2002 Lat. Amer. Res. Rev. 37 139 We are still left with the vexatious qualifier ‘cultural’.

3. Roman Catholic Church. = qualificator n. historical in later use.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > offices or officials > [noun] > qualificator

qualificator1661

qualifier1780

1780 Spirit Popery Displayed 126 Professor of theology..and qualifier and consultor of the holy Inquisition.

1822 J. Russell Don Carlos iii. ii. 59 These Referred to the high court of qualifiers, Have been pronounced by them heretical.

1888 G. Salmon Infall. Church xiv. 235 The question of law is referred to a special Board of skilled theologians, under the title of Qualifiers.

1909 Eng. Hist. Rev. 24 348 The..qualifier..found that the charge must lie..because it contained traces of the Vaudois heresy.

1954 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 13 Sept. 8/1 The Theological Qualifiers had stated..‘The proposition that the sun is in the centre of the world..is..formally heretical.’

4. Sport. A person or team that qualifies for a competition or its final rounds; (hence, in extended use) a match or contest to decide which individuals or teams qualify for a competition or its final rounds. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > players by ability

second string1643

first string1865

all-star1893

finalist1898

qualifier1908

seed1931

blue chip1958

blue-chipper1958

danger man1976

society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > game or definite spell of play > specific one of series

heata1663

rubber game1793

round1837

rubber match1843

tie-match1864

final1880

postseason1882

semi-final1884

preliminary1886

cup-tie1895

play-off1895

tie1895

leg1899

repechage1899

qualifier1908

quarter-final1916

playdown1918

rounder1918

go-around1933

quick death1938

semi1942

pretrial1946

quarter1950

barrage1955

tie-breaker1961

semi-main1968

tie-break1970

breaker1979

1908 Times 30 July 13 The fourth qualifier, Tom Noalt, has since taken up an appointment in England [in professional golf].

1909 Daily Chron. 7 May 8/4 He..made certain of a place among the qualifiers.

1920 Glasgow Herald 15 July 8 [Rifle shooting] Along with the Prince of Wales's tie were decided the ties in the Qualifier competition.

1951 Sport 16–22 Mar. 20/3 Although there are still quite a few more qualifying races due between now and April 7th it looks doubtful that we shall get a better qualifier.

1977 Daily Express 29 Mar. 32/4 England put nine goals past Luxemburg..in the away leg of a World Cup qualifier.

2006 Philadelphia (Pa.) Inquirer (Nexis) 2 Oct. f2 A graduate student..finished fourth..and became an A Group qualifier for the Olympic trials.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	qualifier
释义	qualifiern. Brit. /ˈkwɒlᵻfʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈkwɑləˌfaɪər/, /ˈkwɔləˌfaɪər/ Forms: 1500s– qualifier, 1600s qualifyer. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: qualify v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < qualify v. + -er suffix¹. In sense 3 after post-classical Latin qualificator qualificator n. 1. gen. A person who or thing which qualifies (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > toning down > that which qualifier1561 modifier1890 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > one who or that which qualifies qualifier1561 reservationist1919 the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [noun] > testing or measuring > one who qualifier1887 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xix. f. 152 Away with these qualifiers [L. moderatores; Fr. modérateurs], that couer one sacrilege with so many sacrileges. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. vii. f. 50 (margin) Qualefiers and alayers of the heate of bloud [L. Quæ sanguinis feruorem temporant]. 1638 R. Younge Drunkard's Char. 269 Tobacco, being hot and dry, must have a qualifier of cold and moist from the pot. 1682 Observator 18 Dec. 2/1 A Janus, that looks severall ways and Smiles upon Both Parties. A Qualifyer of both Vice, and Virtue. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xxvi. 183 Sir Charles is no qualifier, Sir, when he stakes his honour. 1796 C. Lamb Let. 10 Dec. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 79 I was unwilling to let my last night's letter go off without this qualifier. 1804 R. Cumberland Sailor's Daughter v. i. 74 The..honey moon, which I have reserv'd to myself before marriage, as a qualifier for all the vinegar moons that will follow. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Mar. 5/1 Our qualifiers of beer have recently been [catching it]. 1986 E. F. Einsiedel in C. Itzin Pornography (1993) xv. 273 Malamuth..uses the term with the qualifier that ‘no pejorative connotation is intended’. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 30 Oct. v. 7/3 [To be] openly gay is still not easy here; hence the frequent qualifier ‘gay-friendly’. 2. Grammar. A word or phrase, esp. an adjective or adverb, that qualifies (qualify v. 1b) another word or phrase.Quots. 1892, 1965 exemplify specialized uses. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > modifier or qualifier qualifier1589 restringenta1626 restrictive1642 modificativea1661 qualificativea1661 modifier1865 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvi. 152 Your Epitheton or qualifier..must be apt and proper for the thing he is added vnto. 1765 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested II. viii. 186 A sentence may also be complex..when the subject or object has a qualifier joined. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. vi. 103 Formal correspondence between a substantive and its qualifier or representative. 1892 H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. i. §34. 13 When we distinguish between many men, all men, and some men or few men, we cannot say that many, all, some, few are attribute-words; they are only qualifiers. 1925 J. H. Grattan & P. Gurrey Our Living Lang. xvii. 104 A Qualifier may be a Substantive or a Case-Phrase, or even a Sentence. 1965 N. C. Stageberg Introd. Eng. Gram. xv. 226 Uninflected words like very, quite, and rather can be called qualifiers; and when an inflected word like pretty and mighty appears in the same position, consider it a qualifier by position. 2002 Lat. Amer. Res. Rev. 37 139 We are still left with the vexatious qualifier ‘cultural’. 3. Roman Catholic Church. = qualificator n. historical in later use. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > offices or officials > [noun] > qualificator qualificator1661 qualifier1780 1780 Spirit Popery Displayed 126 Professor of theology..and qualifier and consultor of the holy Inquisition. 1822 J. Russell Don Carlos iii. ii. 59 These Referred to the high court of qualifiers, Have been pronounced by them heretical. 1888 G. Salmon Infall. Church xiv. 235 The question of law is referred to a special Board of skilled theologians, under the title of Qualifiers. 1909 Eng. Hist. Rev. 24 348 The..qualifier..found that the charge must lie..because it contained traces of the Vaudois heresy. 1954 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 13 Sept. 8/1 The Theological Qualifiers had stated..‘The proposition that the sun is in the centre of the world..is..formally heretical.’ 4. Sport. A person or team that qualifies for a competition or its final rounds; (hence, in extended use) a match or contest to decide which individuals or teams qualify for a competition or its final rounds. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > players by ability second string1643 first string1865 all-star1893 finalist1898 qualifier1908 seed1931 blue chip1958 blue-chipper1958 danger man1976 society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > game or definite spell of play > specific one of series heata1663 rubber game1793 round1837 rubber match1843 tie-match1864 final1880 postseason1882 semi-final1884 preliminary1886 cup-tie1895 play-off1895 tie1895 leg1899 repechage1899 qualifier1908 quarter-final1916 playdown1918 rounder1918 go-around1933 quick death1938 semi1942 pretrial1946 quarter1950 barrage1955 tie-breaker1961 semi-main1968 tie-break1970 breaker1979 1908 Times 30 July 13 The fourth qualifier, Tom Noalt, has since taken up an appointment in England [in professional golf]. 1909 Daily Chron. 7 May 8/4 He..made certain of a place among the qualifiers. 1920 Glasgow Herald 15 July 8 [Rifle shooting] Along with the Prince of Wales's tie were decided the ties in the Qualifier competition. 1951 Sport 16–22 Mar. 20/3 Although there are still quite a few more qualifying races due between now and April 7th it looks doubtful that we shall get a better qualifier. 1977 Daily Express 29 Mar. 32/4 England put nine goals past Luxemburg..in the away leg of a World Cup qualifier. 2006 Philadelphia (Pa.) Inquirer (Nexis) 2 Oct. f2 A graduate student..finished fourth..and became an A Group qualifier for the Olympic trials. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1561
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