单词 | relator |
释义 | relatorn.ΚΠ 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 695 There were eight Clearks, and twelue Lay men, foure Princes of the blood for Requests, two Chambers of Inquiries, where there were eight Lay men, and eight Clearks Iudges, and foure and twentie Relators [Fr. rapporteurs]. 2. a. A person who relates something; a narrator.Common in the 17th and 18th centuries. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > narrator teller1340 expositora1398 accounterc1400 reporterc1405 provinoura1475 recounter1485 relator1588 relater1598 repeater1598 narrator1599 retailer1607 nomenclator1628 enarrator1632 accountant1655 relatist1656 narrater1758 narratrix1796 narratress1798 1588 R. Bancroft Serm. at Paules Crosse 28 I have not used a worde of mine owne heerin, but have been a faithfull relator unto you, what the clergie factious do thinke of their lay schollers. 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 126 The discription by draught beeing well knowen, accompanied with the liuely voice of the Relator. 1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 562 You are an vnfaithfull Relatour of the practise of the Primitiue Church. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall ix. 72 A faithful Relator of Experiments. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 15 The relators of this story..were doubtless fully perswaded of the truth of it. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxxvi. 71 Imlac..was not very confident of the veracity of the relator. 1837 R. Southey Doctor IV. 315 The Biographer, or Historian,..or rather the reminiscent relator of circumstances. 1862 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles (ed. 7) iii. 130 It will cause little wonder that two or three relators have in part seized diversely the culminating points of a story. 1900 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 13 211 The language of the original relator is reproduced as nearly as practicable. 1990 P. M. Price in S. L. Aricò Contemp. Women Writers Italy 118 Novels are works of fiction in which the distinction between relator and author still exist. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > person who > private or special bird1546 relator1607 a little birdie1881 tipster1884 one's spies1955 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 447 It may be that he or his relatour had seene them playing together as Goates doe. ?1612 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 42 When this place affords anything worth your hearing, I will be your relator. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > historical narrative > [noun] > historian > historian of a place relator1691 Londonologist1864 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 641 Of that little Parish..he was in effect the Relator. 3. Law. A person who lays an information (information n. 5a), an informant, a complainant; spec. a person at whose request an action is brought by the Attorney General. Cf. relation n. 1c.When English law does not allow a private individual (X) to bring a case against a public body (Y), the case can be brought on his or her behalf by the Attorney General with a designation of the form Attorney General ex rel. X v. Y, where X is the relator. The relator is still responsible for instructing counsel and remains liable for costs. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > person who teller1340 revelatorc1443 advertiser1548 intelligencer1569 upgiver1577 declarator1583 relater1593 relator1593 informer1598 imparter1600 intelligent1602 referendary1614 informant1641 1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) ii. ii. 11 The prosecutour there is but as a relatour, partly to stirre vp, and partly to ease the office of that Court, by furnishing it with proofes. 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) i. 6 Especiallye promoters newelye named Relatours, a generacion hated both of the good and badd people. 1632 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 96 Sr John Finch for the relator this day replyed. 1674 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1888) VI. This Court doth approve of, admit, and allow Alex. Dixon to use, exercise and follow the office of a Relator. 1710 Act 9 Anne c. 20 §4 It shall and may be lawful..for the proper officer..to exhibit one or more... Informations in the nature of a Quo Warranto, at the relation of any person or persons desiring to sue or prosecute the same, and who shall be mentioned..to be the Relator or Relators against such person or persons. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 427 The attorney general, at the relation of some informant, (who is usually called the relator) files ex officio an information in the court of chancery. 1823 Act 4 Geo. IV c. 76 §23 To the Knowledge or Belief of the Relator or Relators so making Oath. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 May 6 The relator..is a descendant of a brother of the second wife of the testator. 1902 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 168 The suggestion that the Courts have any power over the jurisdiction of the Attorney-General when he is suing on behalf of a relator is a matter in which he is the only person who has to decide those questions. 1977 Times 28 Jan. 28/3 The Attorney should not allow himself to be influenced by the merits or demerits of the particular relator. 2000 Harvard Law Rev. 113 804 The relators advanced their action in the form of petitions for writs of mandamus and prohibition. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > [noun] gadlingeOE sibmanOE friendOE sibOE siblingOE kinsmanc1175 friendmana1200 kinc1200 cousinc1300 allyc1380 kindreda1450 parent?c1450 alliancec1475 lyance1502 relation1502 relate1651 relative1657 relator1665 family member1673 correlative1697 relater1702 rellie1921 rello1982 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 258 The Arch-flamen carried the holy Fire, attended by the Priests and three hundred sixty five Youths who were their relators. 5. Linguistics. Viggo Brøndal's term for: the concept of relation, one of four concepts (along with descriptor, relatum, and descriptor) which, in various combinations, form the logical basis of all parts of speech (now rare). Also (in later use): a word expressing relation between other words (cf. relational adj. 2).Brøndal's use broadly corresponds to the Aristotelian category of relation. Cf. descriptor n. 2, relatum n. 2, descriptum n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [noun] > relative or connective referent1635 connective1751 subjunctivea1831 link-word1871 relational1895 relation word1909 relator1933 relativizer1941 1933 O. Jespersen Syst. Gram. 12 Recently V. Brøndal..has made a very bold attempt at a completely new system..Relator (R) and Relatum (r), Descriptor (D) and Descriptum (d). 1965 Language 41 73 Thus the whole string is a relator-axis phrase of which on manifests relator and the rest manifests axis. 2007 D. Geeraerts & H. Cuyckens Oxf. Handbk. Cognitive Linguistics xvi. 412 The prototype of a predicative relator is a transitive verb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1586 |
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