rummagern.

Brit.

/ˈrʌmᵻdʒə/, U.S.

/ˈrəmədʒər/

Forms: see rummage v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: rummage n., -er suffix¹; rummage v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < rummage n. + -er suffix¹, and partly < rummage v. + -er suffix¹, perhaps after Middle French, French arrimeur (1398; < arrimer (see rummage n.) + -eur -eur suffix).

†1. A person who arranges or rearranges cargo in a ship. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > sailor who stows or trims cargo

rummager1544

stower1769

coal-trimmer1828

trimmer1836

screw-man1852

1544 Admiralty Court Libels No. 55 The romeger whiche they appoynted..to romege caske wares in the said shipp.

1600 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 862 The Master must prouide a perfect mariner called a Romager, to raunge, and bestow all marchandize in such place as is conuenient.

c1638 Forme Courts of Admiraltie in Tract. Legum Navilium 65 Halff ane merk off the tun or according as they agrie with the rumiger who getts the fie to distribute amongst the mariners who are bound to work as he directs.

1881 W. W. Skeat Etymol. Dict. (1882) at Rummage Roomage... is an old nautical term for the close packing of things in a ship..and the mariner who attended to this business was called the roomager or romager.]

2. A person who makes a thorough search.Sometimes spec. a person employed to search a vessel or warehouse, etc., in the course of a customs inspection.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > rummaging or thorough searching > one who

raker1342

ferreter1611

rummager1723

1723 W. Nicholls Conf. with Theist (ed. 3) I. iii. 378 These Predictions..are proper only to convince the musty Rummagers among the Rabbins, who are wont to take every Thing for a rare Argument.

1768 G. Baretti Acct. Manners & Customs Italy II. xxxix. 328 Many amongst our rumagers of libraries have occasionally quoted passages [etc.].

1800 Whole Proc. King's Comm. Peace (City of London & County of Middlesex) 40/1 I am a rummager belonging to the East-India Company.

1836 W. Irving Astoria III. 58 There was no likelihood that the caches would escape the search of such keen eyes, and experienced rummagers.

1856 E. G. Parker Lesson of '76 9 Layard, the great rummager of Nineveh.

1908 H. Atton & H. H. Holland King's Customs viii. 347 A skilled rummager at work in one of the vast engine-rooms of a modern liner.

1934 ‘Sinbad’ Red Saunders xxiii. 269 Red and his mates went into the saloon for a conference, leaving the crew to furl the sails left hanging by the rummagers.

1977 Times 2 Mar. 12/5 A small quantity of cannabis was found but the rummagers were not satisfied.

1997 Sunday Times 26 Oct. (Style section) 48/2 School nurses are for ever etched in our memories as the rummagers of heads—always in search, embarrassingly, of something alive and kicking.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rummager
释义	rummagern. Brit. /ˈrʌmᵻdʒə/, U.S. /ˈrəmədʒər/ Forms: see rummage v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: rummage n., -er suffix¹; rummage v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < rummage n. + -er suffix¹, and partly < rummage v. + -er suffix¹, perhaps after Middle French, French arrimeur (1398; < arrimer (see rummage n.) + -eur -eur suffix). †1. A person who arranges or rearranges cargo in a ship. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > sailor who stows or trims cargo rummager1544 stower1769 coal-trimmer1828 trimmer1836 screw-man1852 1544 Admiralty Court Libels No. 55 The romeger whiche they appoynted..to romege caske wares in the said shipp. 1600 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 862 The Master must prouide a perfect mariner called a Romager, to raunge, and bestow all marchandize in such place as is conuenient. c1638 Forme Courts of Admiraltie in Tract. Legum Navilium 65 Halff ane merk off the tun or according as they agrie with the rumiger who getts the fie to distribute amongst the mariners who are bound to work as he directs. 1881 W. W. Skeat Etymol. Dict. (1882) at Rummage Roomage... is an old nautical term for the close packing of things in a ship..and the mariner who attended to this business was called the roomager or romager.] 2. A person who makes a thorough search.Sometimes spec. a person employed to search a vessel or warehouse, etc., in the course of a customs inspection. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > rummaging or thorough searching > one who raker1342 ferreter1611 rummager1723 1723 W. Nicholls Conf. with Theist (ed. 3) I. iii. 378 These Predictions..are proper only to convince the musty Rummagers among the Rabbins, who are wont to take every Thing for a rare Argument. 1768 G. Baretti Acct. Manners & Customs Italy II. xxxix. 328 Many amongst our rumagers of libraries have occasionally quoted passages [etc.]. 1800 Whole Proc. King's Comm. Peace (City of London & County of Middlesex) 40/1 I am a rummager belonging to the East-India Company. 1836 W. Irving Astoria III. 58 There was no likelihood that the caches would escape the search of such keen eyes, and experienced rummagers. 1856 E. G. Parker Lesson of '76 9 Layard, the great rummager of Nineveh. 1908 H. Atton & H. H. Holland King's Customs viii. 347 A skilled rummager at work in one of the vast engine-rooms of a modern liner. 1934 ‘Sinbad’ Red Saunders xxiii. 269 Red and his mates went into the saloon for a conference, leaving the crew to furl the sails left hanging by the rummagers. 1977 Times 2 Mar. 12/5 A small quantity of cannabis was found but the rummagers were not satisfied. 1997 Sunday Times 26 Oct. (Style section) 48/2 School nurses are for ever etched in our memories as the rummagers of heads—always in search, embarrassingly, of something alive and kicking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1544
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