单词 | sharesman |
释义 | sharesmann.ΚΠ 1635 D. Dickson Short Explan. Hebrewes (i. 9) 14 Hee is part-taker of flesh and blood, Fellow-brethren, and Coheyres, Shares-men in all the Fathers Goods with him. 1640 W. Mure Counter-buff 245 Yea, though he should undo them, He's sharesman of the harme. 2. A member of the crew of a fishing boat who receives an agreed proportion of the profits of a voyage rather than wages. Cf. shareman n. 2, share fisherman n. at share n.2 Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1829 T. C. Haliburton Hist. & Statist. Acct. Nova-Scotia II. i. 92 The proprietor..has also one tenth part of the seine's share after the fish are dressed—that is one twentieth of the whole draught—the sharesmen or assistants being entitled to one half for their trouble. 1867 G. E. Clark Seven Years of Sailor's Life xxvii. 272 The sharesmen were all looking at the steamer that lay just ahead. 1928 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 18 May 4/5 As the law stands the sharesmen of these vessels are joint adventurers. 2015 J. Hanna Pemaquid Penins. vi. 54 Pemaquid boys became full ‘sharesmen’ by their twentieth birthdays, and the most qualified among them assumed captain's duties by the age of twenty-five. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1635 |
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