单词 | rouper |
释义 | roupern.1 Scottish. Now historical. A person whose belongings are sold at a roup (roup n.3). Also occasionally: an auctioneer. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > auctioneer portsale-maker1552 crier1556 rouper1560 outcrier1577 outroper1583 vendue master1679 auctioneer1708 sale-factor1770 vendue crier1778 1560 in T. C. Wade Acta Curiae Admirallatus Scotiae (1937) 167 To the remanent cumpany of the samyn rowparis, sellaris and deliveraris of thair partis of the said pris. 1629 Brechin Test. IV. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue f.376 James Burck..officiar rouper of the said bed & speit. 1695 in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (1953) 33 4 That non of the tread shall..buy skins from aney Roupers or Runners of the Country. 1733 in Rothesay Town Council Rec. (1935) II. 746 To the Clerk and officer at both roops paid equally by the Roopers..£1 16s. 0. 1799 W. Thom Wks. 447 A rouper is pursuing his interest when he pays the bell-man to intimate his roup. 1828 W. Gordon Poems 129 Horse coupers, huxter wives and bauling roupers. 1919 G. Rae Clyde & Tweed 17 Dod, hoo the rouper's hammer fa's wi' dool upon the hairt. 1997 Amer. Hist. Rev. 102 1483 Readers become familiar with a world of graveclothes makers.., wet-nurses, mantua-makers, milliners, and roupers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † roupern.2 Scottish. Obsolete. rare. A person who roups (roup v.1 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun] > person criera1425 roupera1585 exclaimer1689 a1585 Ld. Polwart Flyting Montgomerie & Polwart (Tullibardine) in A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) 172 Raggit rowpper lyk a revin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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