单词 | adjutor |
释义 | adjutorn.1 A helper, an assistant, esp. one assigned to a particular person; an aide.With quot. 1642 (apparently an isolated attestation in this spec. sense) cf. adjutant n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > that which or one who helps or means of help > a helper helpend971 recurera1382 undertaker1382 bootc1420 profitera1425 suffrage1445 supplier1456 aidant1477 aider1483 adjutor1531 benefactor1532 assistant?1541 servant1562 aid1569 adjument1576 adjuvant1583 familiar1583 adjoint1603 opitulator1624 adjutator1832 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. x. sig. Siv Adjutours and supportours. 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 104 Companions, bold adjutors of thy acts. 1642 Declar. Lords & Comm., For Rais. Forces 22 Dec. 7 That the Lord Lievtenants..appoint one experienced Souldier in every Regiment to be an Adjutor..to exercise the severall Companies of the sayd Regiments. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 321 Darius the King with some adjutors of like dignity, entred into a pact. 1670 J. Flamsteed Let. 16 July in Corr. (1995) I. 48 My friend, who is my sole adjutor, knows your hand. 1753 G. Wollaston Life & Hist. Pilgrim ii. 138 He had frequently served as an adjutor at mass. 1798 S. H. Wilcocke tr. J. S. Stavorinus Voy. E.-Indies I. iv. 286 This council consists of a president,..eight ordinary members, and two adjutors, taken from the Company's servants. 1837 Amer. Q. Rev. Dec. 305 Analogy is often an excellent adjutor to experience. 1874 T. Carlyle Let. 27 Apr. (1904) II. 306 Tait and some of his adjutors can set to work next day. 1932 P. Russell Harvesters 68 The teacher of astronomy there was Dominicus Maria di Novara... Copernicus was for a time his adjutor. 1998 P. Godman From Poliziano to Machiavelli iv. 171 There can be no doubt about the attribution to Marcello Virgilio of public letters like this, copied by his adjutors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † adjutorn.2 Anatomy. Obsolete. The upper arm (as contrasted with the forearm); (also adjutor bone) the humerus. Cf. adjutory n. 1, adjutory bone n. at adjutory n. and adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of arm > [noun] > humerus adjutorya1400 arm bone?a1425 adjutory bonec1475 adjutor?1541 humerus1706 ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Gij Howe many bones are in ye fyrste parte of the great hande that is named vlna or adiutor [Fr. ladiutoire, i.e. l'adiutoire]? ?1570 tr. Shepardes Kalendar (rev. ed.) xiv. sig. H.vi From the shoulders to the elbow in eche arme is a bone called the adiutor. 1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. G.iv The fyrst is the Adiutor bone, whose vpper ende entreth into the concauitie or boxe of the shoulder bone:..it is also crooked because it shoulde be the more habler to grype thinges. 1711 Godfridus Knowl. Things Unknown 43 From the Shoulders to the Elbows in each Arm, is a Bone called Adjutor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.11531n.2?1541 |
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