单词 | serviceman |
释义 | servicemann.ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > hireling > hired by the day journeyman1463 day labourer1528 daytal1548 serviceman1582 dayman1584 dayworker1587 daysman1617 journeywoman1733 journey-workman1756 darger1803 peon1826 jour1835 dataller1844 dargsman1845 journey-worker1887 journalier1891 1582 in J. H. Macadam Baxter Bks. St. Andrews (1903) 30 That na brother of the craft nor service man sall sett vp ony meat..in thair hows bot onlie to come to the baikhous. 1639 in J. H. Macadam Baxter Bks. St. Andrews (1903) 107 A wrong and offence [c]omittit be Johne Adie, ane vnfrieman, and als not ane service man, in helping of George Moffett. 1720 Ayr Presbytery Reg. (MS) 21 Dec. 72 For thatchers and serviceman for thatching fourty merks. 1745 in J. S. Dobie Munim. Irvine (1891) II. 334 To sclatters and service men for stripping the old prison and sclatting the new. 2. A man who is serving, or has served, in the armed forces. Cf. service n.1 20.In some early instances apparently used to denote men who have seen service in war or battle, or who have served in a particular capacity, rather than as a generic term for members of the services. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > military man > [noun] martialist1576 cavalier1589 martial?1611 militarista1616 swordmana1616 camper1631 swordsman1701 military1709 serviceman1832 militant1842 1832 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 11 1194 Continuing Mr. Windham's high rates of allowance to the wounded soldier and service men. 1846 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 16 Aug. 5/2 Let the system I have proposed, both for the militia and the service man, be tried. 1898 Glasgow Herald 1 July 3/2 No section of the Peninsular people more eagerly and hopefully awaits developments than the Spanish servicemen. 1918 Sheffield Daily Tel. 18 Sept. 2/6 Discharged soldiers should be represented on all committees that have to deal with the training of discharged service men. 1987 J. Morris Manhattan '45 i. 37 Lean and rangy servicemen shifted their gum to the other cheek as they eyed the sidewalk broads. 2017 Daily Tel. 17 Apr. 3/2 Prince Harry worked to improve the welfare of wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women, including those with serious mental health issues. 3. orig. U.S. A man who maintains and repairs vehicles, equipment, etc. Cf. service n.1 37a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > mender > [noun] clouterc1440 maker-up?a1444 botcher1499 repairer?1504 reparationer1520 patcher1528 bodger1538 repareller1546 mender1552 sarcinator1646 vamper1712 piecer1764 renovator1827 repairman1856 fixer?1881 serviceman1905 Mr Fixit1924 fixit man1949 fixit1982 1905 Plumbers' Trade Jrnl. (N.Y.) 15 Oct. 434/1 All plumbing or gas work done by others than master plumbers, journeymen, apprentices or service man [sic] shall be considered unfair. 1950 Billboard 3 June 42/1 The replacement needles are sometimes supplied by a radio serviceman who personally installs the needle or by a retailer who supplies a service kit. 1970 Which? May 143/2 All except the Bendix needed at least one visit from a serviceman before they were working properly. 2010 N.Y. Times 5 June b5/1 Why does it seem that the part you need is never the one the serviceman has? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1582 |
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