单词 | returner |
释义 | returnern. 1. a. A person who or (less commonly) animal which is returning or has returned, a returnee. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [noun] > one who returner1534 revisitant1831 revenant1867 comebacker1879 comeback1908 back-tracker1946 boomeranger1984 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > return towards point of departure > one who or that which returner1534 comeback1908 1534 G. Joye tr. Jeremy Prophete xxxi. f. cv.v Ther shal be a great chirche or company of the returners hither agein. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Reconvoyer, to..bring, or lead, a returner onward on the way. 1775 in E. M. Stone Invasion Canada (1867) 67 Col. Enos, who more immediately commanded the division of returners. 1820 T. L. Peacock Four Ages of Poetry in Ollier's Literary Misc. No. 1. 195 Mr. Wordsworth, the great leader of the returners to nature. 1890 Illustr. London News 9 Aug. 170/1 O marvellous returner from the dim seas of the past. 1933 New Eng. Q. 6 129 The returners were welcomed with tar and feathers. 1971 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 79 803 Many of these potential returners conceivably have reached the western provinces in a series of two or three westward moves. 2003 P. R. Sinclair in R. Byron Retrenchment & Regeneration in Rural Newfoundland viii. 214 Some of the returners moved away and back mainly for personal or family reasons. b. spec. A person who returns to employment after a long interval, esp. (also woman returner) a woman who resumes work after leaving it to raise a family. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > worker returning after long interval returner1962 society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > worker returning after long interval > female woman returner1962 1962 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 62 No. 12. 84/1 Rutgers University..provides five courses for retraining women college graduates who wish to begin or resume professional work after rearing their families... The ‘returner’ must not only relearn what has been forgotten but must also acquire the new concepts of modern mathematics. 1963 Guardian 21 Jan. 4/1 We are allowed to take ‘off-ration’ part time teachers, married women returners..and a few other special categories. 1984 Times 16 Aug. 23/3 What of the qualified returner whose skills are rusty? 1992 T. L. Rees Women & Labour Market viii. 160 The disadvantaged job-seeker, a category which, of course, includes the woman returner. 2000 PS Nov. 23/2 Returners can also apply to job-share. 2. a. A person who or (less commonly) device which returns a thing †or person. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > giving back or restitution > [noun] > one who returner1603 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > other specific parts armOE button?1561 running gear1663 relax1676 collar1678 drumhead1698 long arm1717 drum1744 press cloth1745 head1785 absorber1789 bearing plate1794 crown1796 rhodings1805 press box1825 alternator1829 cushion1832 saw tooth1835 shoe1837 keyboard1839 returner1839 cross-head1844 channel shoe1845 baster1846 water port1864 shifter1869 magazine1873 entry port1874 upsetter1875 mechanism1876 tapper1876 tension bar1879 buttonholer1882 take-up1884 auger1886 instrument panel1897 balancer1904 torsion bar1937 powerhead1960 1603 H. Clapham Three Partes Salomon Song of Songs Expounded iii. xxix. 256 Cyrus, the great King of Persia: the subduer of Babel, the returner of Iewes to their Ierushalem. 1695 J. Locke Further Considerations conc. Raising Value of Money 62 The Goldsmiths and Returners of Money will give more for Bullion to Export, than the Mint can give for it to Coin. 1780 in Jrnls. House Commons (?1783) 38 82/1 That the Returner of Money is some Person approved of by him. 1829 E. Bather Serm. II. 65 Be not only placable and forgiving but returners of good for evil. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1197 The returner guiding the canes between the top and delivering rollers. 1866 Chambers's Jrnl. 24 Feb. 114/2 The classes of people to whom the savage custom of after-dinner speaking is due are two—first, the Proposers of Healths..; and, secondly, the Returners of Thanks. 1918 Bull. National Assoc. Credit Men Aug. 709 Let us be conscientious in reporting the chronic returner of merchandise. 1922 A. P. Terhune Black Caesar's Clan (2006) ii. 25 He was of no mind to introduce himself at the Standish home, a second time, as the returner of a runaway dog. 1968 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 76 1232 Prohibition of branding benefits bottle returners at the expense of bottle disposers. 1984 New Yorker 5 Nov. 135/1 Connors, the best returner in tennis. 2000 D. R. Woolf Reading Hist. in Early Mod. Eng. ii. 117 Prescott regularly lent and borrowed books, especially on history, and was not always a timely returner of them. b. American Football. A player who collects the ball from a punt or kick-off and carries it back towards the opposing team; esp. a player specializing in this. Cf. punt returner n. at punt n.4 Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > types of player side tackle1809 nose guard1852 rusher1877 goalkicker1879 quarterback1879 runner1880 quarter1883 full back1884 left guard1884 snap-back1887 snapper-back1887 running back1891 tackle1891 defensive end1897 guard1897 interferer1897 receiver1897 defensive back1898 defensive tackle1900 safety man1901 ball carrier1902 defensive lineman1902 homebrew1903 offensive lineman1905 lineman1907 returner1911 signal caller1915 rover1916 interference1920 punt returner1926 pass rusher1928 tailback1930 safety1931 blocker1935 faker1938 scatback1946 linesman1947 flanker1953 platoon player1953 corner-back1955 pulling guard1955 split end1955 return man1957 slot-back1959 strong safety1959 wide receiver1960 line-backer1961 pocket passer1963 tight end1963 run blocker1967 wideout1967 blitzer1968 1911 Chicago Tribune 11 Oct. 12/1 It has been mighty lucky for the kicking side that the returners of punts have not made more ground. 1963 R. Smith Pro Football x. 117 He was the most feared kickoff returner in the game. 1972 D. Kowet Golden Toes xvi. 114 The returner will bring it back for more yardage against the kicking team. 1988 L. Wilson Amer. Football v. 82/1 When the center snaps the ball, the two wide players sprint down-field heading straight for the returner. 2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 Dec. viii. 6/6 It is part of the Giants' plan to keep the ball away from dangerous returners. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1534 |
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