| 单词 | rent master |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrent master rent master n. [originally after Middle Dutch rentmeester, rentemeester, rentmeister, etc. (compare quot. c1483; Dutch rentmeester). Compare Middle Low German rentemēster, rentemeister, rentmēster, rentmeister, Middle High German rentmeister (German Rentmeister)] ΚΠ c1483 in Notes & Queries (1969) July 253/1 Rentmeester: rentmaister. 1546 J. Bale tr. J. Jonas True Hystorie Christen Departynge M. Luther f. 9 Huldrick hans hys frynde, whych was there the rent mastre [Ger. Rendtmeister] of that cytie. a1617 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1827) 381 The rentmesters and ther officers..to be trew responseable mean men. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. IV. 339 The bishopric is divided into prefecturates, each of which has a noble seneschal belonging to it, together with a rent-master, who collects the board-revenues belonging to the bishop. 1839 H. Pigott Rec. Real Life in Palace & Cottage I. xii. 263 On the opposite side of the court, appeared the Rent-master with his wife and children. 1851 Wisconsin Express 8 May 3/1 The rent master also took a lively interest in the new comer. 2001 Metrop. Mus. Mus. Jrnl. 36 157/2 He was also a rent master..that is, a collector of revenues on behalf of the city council. < as lemmas |
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