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单词 queller
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quellern.

Brit. /ˈkwɛlə/, U.S. /ˈkwɛlər/
Forms: Old English cwællere, Old English cwelere, Old English cwellære, Old English cwyllere, Old English cwylra (rare), Old English–early Middle English cwellere, Old English (rare)–Middle English quellere, early Middle English cwellera, early Middle English cwelleræ, Middle English quellare, Middle English– queller, 1500s quellar.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quell v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < quell v.1 + -er suffix1. Compare Middle High German queler tormenter (German Quäler), Old Icelandic kveljari killer, tormenter.
1. A person who kills someone; (sometimes) spec. an executioner. Obsolete (archaic in later use).Frequently as a second element in compounds, as boy-, child-, father-, giant-queller, etc. (see the first element). See also manqueller n.
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the world > life > death > killing > killer > [noun]
baneOE
quelmerOE
quellerOE
murderer1340
slaughtermana1350
slayerc1380
killer1535
dispatcher1549
executioner1597
slaughterer?1611
widowmakera1616
mactator1656
zapper1969
the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin
banea800
murthereOE
quellerOE
manslaughta1225
manquellec1275
murderer1340
Cainc1380
drepera1400
sicariana1400
murder mana1450
interfector1450
murdrier1481
murdresara1500
assassin1531
cut-throat1535
cutter1569
baner1605
brave1606
bravo1609
dagger-mana1616
assassinate1621
assassinator1651
sword-taker1660
assassinant1662
banesman1870
hatchet man1876
murdermonger1900
hit-man1970
mechanic1972
contract killer1980
OE West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 27 Se cinincg..sende ænne cwellere;..And he hine þa on cwerterne beheafdode.
OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) i. vii. 38 Se sylfa cwellere [L. carnifex] ðe hine slean sceolde.
a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 75 (MED) He seððen betache ðe ðe pineres and ðe cwelleres.
c1300 St. James Great (Laud) 116 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 37 Heroudes ȝaf his dom a-non, his þrote to smite a-two; and Iosie þe quellare he was bi-take þulke dede for-to do.
a1350 (a1325) St. Cecilia (Ashm.) 237 in Yale Stud. in Eng. (1898) 3 90 (MED) No quellare ne moste bi þulke daie smyte ouer þrie.
c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 244 (MED) He sente his quellere son And bad hire wille schulde beo don.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 42 (MED) Þe men of þe town rase up & soght þis mans queller.
?a1475 G. Banester Guiscardo & Ghismonda (BL Add.) 404 in H. G. Wright Tales from Decameron (1937) 24 (MED) The prince..Made hym full pytuosly to be slayne, Chargyng the quellers off hym..To do hym the most dyspyte off tormente.
?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xxxvii. f. 51 Ye ioye of the quellars and murderers.
1544 T. Chaloner tr. St. J. Chrysostom Homilie sig. Cv To this then hast thou made me a father, that I shulde be myne owne childes queller?
1598 Health to Gentlemanly Profession Seruingmen sig. C2v One of his Seruantes perceauing the quellers yet a farre off, which came to finysh his Maisters tragidie,..hid him safely.
1847 H. Bliss Cicero iii. iv.169 Cæsar's quellers, now to exile driven, Shall hold each province Rome to each has given.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward I. iii. 124 Slayer of witch-bears, Queller of Ogres, Fattener of ravens, Darling of grey wolves.
2. A person who or thing which subdues someone or something.Also as the second element in compounds.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > prevailing or mastering > overcoming or overwhelming > one who
masterc1230
overcomerc1350
conquerorc1374
victora1400
overbearera1425
overgangerc1440
vanquisher1474
usurper1509
subduer1516
overthrower1548
defeater1582
prevailer1596
masterer1600
queller1613
conquerant1655
dompter1672
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming > one who or that which
quenchera1382
hammer1382
suppresser1543
suppressor1560
quench-coal1615
pulverizer1635
stifler1642
smotherer1648
queller1804
overwhelmer1807
cold douche1835
squelcher1854
putter-down1869
steamroller1896
1613 L. Bayly Practise of Pietie (ed. 3) iv. 268 Profane companions are the chiefe enemies of Piety, and quellers of holy motions.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 630 Hail Son of the most High..Queller of Satan. View more context for this quotation
1739 Lives Persons Eastern Nations 257 The Rider, or Queller of Horses.
1799 ‘R. Slender’ Lett. xxiv. 141 Ye democrats, soldiers of '76, ye supporters of our independence, ye quellers of Great Britain.
1804 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1803 2 219 The promoters and quellers of the Wexford insurrection.
1887 Voice (N.Y.) 18 Aug. 5/5 [His] reputation as a clubber and as an efficient riot-queller is much more than local.
1988 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 27 Nov. He is a soldier, ornithologist, Old Harrovian; a queller of tribal risings in India and Africa.
2006 USA Today (Nexis) 11 Dec. 4 d Botox and other wrinkle quellers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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