单词 | recruiter |
释义 | recruitern. 1. British History. During the 17th cent.: any member of Parliament appointed or elected when depleted numbers needed augmenting. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > other types of member burgessc1425 private member1606 recruiter1648 university member1774 unofficial member1822 labour member1871 Labour-Liberal1890 service member1890 front-bencher1907 back-bencher1910 shire-member1910 1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 166 A List of the Names of the Members of the House of Commons... Note, Reader, that such as have this mark [*]..are Recruiters; illegally elected. a1695 A. Wood Life (1891) I. 477 He was chosen a recruiter for that long parliament which began 8 May 1661. 1733 N. Salmon Lives Eng. Bishops iii. 202 John the Son of this William Lenthall..was a Recruiter to the Long Parliament. 1771 C. Macaulay Hist. Eng. V. i. 22 Ireton..took up arms, and engaged as a recruiter for the parliament in the county of Westmorland. 1813 J. Hodgson & F. C. Laird Beauties Eng. & Wales XII. i. 177 When the rebellion broke out, he..took up arms against the king, was a recruiter in the Long Parliament. 1893 S. R. Gardiner Hist. Civil War III. xl. 77 Not far short of 150 new members had been chosen, and these Recruiters, as they were called, counted amongst them men like Ireton and Fleetwood. 1954 D. Brunton & D. H. Pennington Members of Long Parl. i. 2 The constituency concerned was short of a member until the election of the ‘Recruiters’—that is, the members elected from 1645 onwards. 1999 A. Clarke Prelude Restoration in Ireland iii. 82 Annesley..had joined the Long Parliament as recruiter member for Radnorshire in 1647. 2006 G. Darley John Evelyn v. 78 Since 1645 George had been member of Parliament for Reigate, a so-called ‘recruiter’ brought in to bring up the numbers, lowered by death and defection. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > restorative resumptivea1398 comfortative1398 restorative?a1439 restaurativec1450 restaurationa1500 restoritya1500 reviver1542 comforter1563 refriscative1580 comfortive1584 analeptic1634 refective1667 recruiter1729 restoration1823 recuperator1862 reconstituent1873 1729 E. Strother Pract. Physician for Travellers 251 Where Faintness of Spirits attacks us, there generally the Fever is slow, and these Drops are extemporaneous Recruiters of the Spirits. 1890 World 13 Aug. 36/2 Recruiters of flagging energies. b. A person who seeks or acquires soldiers, employees, etc., as recruits; (later) a person who recruits employees; a member of an employment agency. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > recruiting officer arrayer1617 pressmaster1617 lister1678 solicitor1698 recruiting officer1706 recruiting sergeant1706 recruiter1760 enlister1865 society > occupation and work > worker > employer > [noun] > one who seeks or recruits employees scout1905 headhunter1918 bird dog1919 spotter1935 recruiter1970 1760 R. Rogers Let. 15 Mar. in Jrnls. (1765) 163 These three recruiters I do not doubt will bring good men enough to complete us here. 1799 Ann. Reg. 118 Tried and punished..as spies and recruiters for hostile powers. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xvii. 95 You may stop the emigration.., if you can arrest the first recruiter. 1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein III. 393 Many innocent lads..are seduced by those recruiters. 1944 Living off Land: Man. Bushcraft viii. 159 The recruiter takes them to District Headquarters. 1970 Wall St. Jrnl. 30 Mar. 1/1 One reason for the recent increase in executive recruiters seems to be their value in haggling over perks. 2003 O. Wood Executive Job Search ix. 122 Recruiters are engaged by companies seeking professionals at high levels, mostly for key positions in management. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1648 |
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