单词 | rehearser |
释义 | rehearsern. 1. A person who recounts or recites something. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > recitation > [noun] > one who recites rehearsera1425 reciter1572 recitator1755 recitant?1775 recitationist1851 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 45 Odoporicus, preyser of song or rehercer. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 261/2 Reherser, recitevr. 1571 R. Reynolds Chron. Noble Emperours f. 106v Of all theyr enterprises a perfecte rehearser, a directour of wysedome, & to counsaylours a liuely register. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Ripitore, a repeater or relater and rehearser of a matter. 1672 H. Stubbe Rosemary & Bayes 6 This Rehearser seems of another opinion. 1708 Dodwell in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 23 Nov. (O.H.S.) II. 152 Mr. Rehearser came from the Bath... His Rehearsals are full of excellent reasoning as well as wit. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 261 Nor was much credit due to such rehearsers, who might obtrude fictitious pedigrees. 1865 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 18 June We could better judge what color of authenticity is given to an improbable story by the characters of its rehearsers. 1916 Biblical World 47 122/1 Mark..is no mere rehearser of what Peter used to say. 1994 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 81 583 Takaki turns to one of his favorite poets, Walt Whitman—that great rehearser of America. 2. a. A person who practises something in preparation for later presentation; a person who engages in rehearsals of performances. ΚΠ 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xviii. 353 The theatre is engaged..by those indefatigable rehearsers, Agatha and Frederic. View more context for this quotation 1893 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Jan. 1/3 Rehearsing is not the most interesting work..but I must say that I have a splendid rehearser in Mr. Wyndham. 1960 Times 26 July 13/1 Everyone that worked with him knew there never was a more careful rehearser. 2008 Austral. Mag. (Nexis) 18 Oct. 9 Both are known to be tireless rehearsers, reworking lines and props for maximum comic ballast. b. A person who conducts rehearsals of performances. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > rehearser rehearser1856 1856 M. C. Clarke tr. H. Berlioz Treat. Mod. Instrumentation 244/1 He will then select rehearsers for each of the vocal and instrumental groups... The first rehearser will rehearse isolatedly the first sopranos, then the seconds. 1897 Munsey's Mag. Mar. 679/2 Mr. Chapman gives his services as an organizer, rehearser, and conductor. 1925 Times 17 July 10/5 William..has made a gift of his labour as organizer and rehearser of the performance. 1981 R. Horricks in P. Gammond & R. Horricks Big Bands 21 Carter..also proved to be one of the greatest rehearsers of big bands. 1992 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 June c13/3 Miss Mnouchkine is a painstaking rehearser who cancels performances if a leading actor cannot appear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425 |
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