单词 | rotterdammer |
释义 | Rotterdammern. 1. A ship from Rotterdam. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels from specific country or region > [noun] > Dutch Rotterdammer1619 Dutchman1657 Hollander1708 butterbox1929 1619 W. Phillip tr. W. C. Schouten Relation Wonderfull Voiage 4 The first of August in the morning we set saile from Cape Verde, with the Rotterdamer [Du. met het Rotterdammer Bootjen], who at noone time left vs and set his course for the Salt Islands. 1705 Daily Courant 13 Dec. The Prince Packet-Boat which sail'd with another, was put back by stormy Weather here; as was also a Rotterdamer. 1761 Whitehall Evening-post 24–26 Feb. An Irish Rotterdamer run there eight Hogsheads of Geneva, and offer'd 80 more to Sale. 1867 H. C. Murphy tr. J. Danckaerts & P. Sluyter Jrnl. Voy. N.Y. 1679–80 422 We scratched along as far as to get in the King's channel, as also did the Rotterdammer, which sailed down with us. 1970 A. Carter in R. Hatton & M. S. Anderson Stud. Diplomatic Hist. xii. 232 A Rotterdammer taken within Dutch territorial waters had also been released when the captain of the man-of-war whose prize she had become was pressured into relinquishing her. 2. A native or inhabitant of Rotterdam. ΚΠ 1680 Don Tomazo 107 The two Dons return'd him..Commodities of equal value, to the great content of the Rotterdamer, and the great Reputation of the two English Gusmans. 1779 D. Loch Ess. Trade Scotl. III. iii. 70 Before the schemes of the Rotterdamers could take effect, a contract of prolongation for twenty-one years was concluded. 1823 J. Griscom Year in Europe II. xxv. 178 The statue of Erasmus, erected in honour of that great man by the Rotterdamers. 1904 Outing June 270/1 Water-polo was invented, I believe, at Lille. The champions this year are the Rotterdamers. 1951 Times 3 Oct. 5 Fortunately for the Rotterdammer there is one type of bulk cargo which, far from dwindling over the war decade, has grown so rapidly that it now accounts for nearly one-third of the aggregate traffic. 2007 W. Ridder Countdown to Freedom Prol. p. liv He would emphasize that a Rotterdammer by his very nature is more macho, more manly and strong, never a ‘crybaby’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1619 |
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