bloodlettern.

Brit.

/ˈblʌdˌlɛtə/, U.S.

/ˈblədˌlɛdər/

Forms: Old English blotlætere, Middle English blodelater, Middle English blodlatere, Middle English blodletere, Middle English blodletter, Middle English bloodelatare, 1600s bloudletter, 1600s– bloodletter.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: blood n., let v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < blood n. + let v.¹ + -er suffix¹, after to let blood at blood n. Phrases 1d. Compare later letter n.³, and also blood-letten adj., bloodlease n.

Now historical.

1. A person who extracts blood from a person or animal for therapeutic purposes, esp. a phlebotomist. Also: a thing used to extract blood or perform phlebotomy (rare).

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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > surgeon > [noun] > performing specific operations > bloodletting

bloodletterOE

ventoserc1340

lettera1400

phlebotomer?a1425

blooder1495

phlebotomist1618

arteriotomist1684

bleeder1788

cupper1812

Sangrado1812

venesector1890

OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 71 Fleotomarius, blotlætere.

1221 in F. W. Maitland Pleas of Crown for Gloucester (1884) 119 (MED) Radulfi le Blodlatere.

1302 in H. C. Maxwell-Lyte Inquisitions & Assessm. Feudal Aids (1904) III. 395 (MED) Beatrix le Blodletere.

c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 62 And þer be no blode-later redy, be þer made ventosyng with garsyng.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 40 Bloode latare.

a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 685 Hic fleobotomator, a blodletter.

1562 W. Bullein Bk. Use Sicke Men f. lxviij, in Bulwarke of Defence There are a newe kind of instruments to let blood withall, which bring the blood letter, somtime to the gallowes, because he strik to depe.

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 29 I haue seen the like once done by an ignorant bloud-letter.

1687 tr. P. Barbette Thes. Chirurgiæ (ed. 4) 39 The French, Italians, Spaniards and Portugueses (great Blood-letters) will, I expect, tell me; That Nature, when by bleeding she hath vent, and is somewhat discharg'd, shall be better able to throw out the remaining Evil.

1705 tr. A. Cowley Plants in Wks. (1711) III. 303 Next Waybred rose..Her Nature is astringent, which great Hate Of her among Blood-letters does create.

1799 C. Taylor Gen. Genteel Preceptor III. 63 The Leech has great reputation for its phlebotomical services, being deemed the best of blood-letters.

1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 10 It's a self-acting blood-letter.

1927 Jrnl. National Med. Assoc. 19 212/2 The mediaeval name for physician is leech, and there seems to be a lingering belief that there was some kind of a partnership between the doctor and the little living blood-letter.

1984 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 74 61 The careless bloodletter may cut through the vein into the artery.

2007 W. Hüsken in P. Pollier-Green et al. Confronting Mortality with Art & Sci. 106/2 A special provision is made for two categories of semi-medical practitioners, quack doctors and female blood letters.

2. A person who sheds the blood of another; a ruthless murderer.Originally with direct figurative allusion to sense 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > massacrer or slaughterer > [noun] > bloodshedder

shedderc1388

bloodsheddera1425

spiller1530

bloodsucker1539

bloodletter1674

1674 J. Goodman Serious Inq. Neglect Protestant Relig. ii. i. 98 The exercise of so much Cruelty upon the account of Religion, by those Blood-letters in Queen Maries time, hath..made that Profession detestable to this day.

1805 Balance & Columbian Repository 29 Jan. 37/2 Whether, as friends to the independence of mankind, they wish success to its champion, England; or, as fellow blood-letters in embryo, and tadpole despots lately generated in the quagmire of the Rights of Man..they wish success to Bonaparte.

1879 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 20 Nov. 3/4 He..cut his opponent on the left hand with a knife. The blood-letter was arrested by Lieutenant Beadell and locked up at Dearing Street Station.

1974 Arizona & West 16 99 The book will be useful as a key to further research on the bloodletters and other wrongdoers.

1999 G. Jones Deconstructing Starships xii. 149 This Superman, bloodletter on a truly remarkable scale, represents perhaps the Wrath of God and perhaps the Revenge of the Third World.

2011 Independent (Nexis) 5 May 10 As the West's public enemy No 1 for nearly a decade, the Osama bin Laden most of us have come to know was an uncompromising, merciless blood-letter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bloodletter
释义	bloodlettern. Brit. /ˈblʌdˌlɛtə/, U.S. /ˈblədˌlɛdər/ Forms: Old English blotlætere, Middle English blodelater, Middle English blodlatere, Middle English blodletere, Middle English blodletter, Middle English bloodelatare, 1600s bloudletter, 1600s– bloodletter. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: blood n., let v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < blood n. + let v.¹ + -er suffix¹, after to let blood at blood n. Phrases 1d. Compare later letter n.³, and also blood-letten adj., bloodlease n. Now historical. 1. A person who extracts blood from a person or animal for therapeutic purposes, esp. a phlebotomist. Also: a thing used to extract blood or perform phlebotomy (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > surgeon > [noun] > performing specific operations > bloodletting bloodletterOE ventoserc1340 lettera1400 phlebotomer?a1425 blooder1495 phlebotomist1618 arteriotomist1684 bleeder1788 cupper1812 Sangrado1812 venesector1890 OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 71 Fleotomarius, blotlætere. 1221 in F. W. Maitland Pleas of Crown for Gloucester (1884) 119 (MED) Radulfi le Blodlatere. 1302 in H. C. Maxwell-Lyte Inquisitions & Assessm. Feudal Aids (1904) III. 395 (MED) Beatrix le Blodletere. c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 62 And þer be no blode-later redy, be þer made ventosyng with garsyng. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 40 Bloode latare. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 685 Hic fleobotomator, a blodletter. 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Use Sicke Men f. lxviij, in Bulwarke of Defence There are a newe kind of instruments to let blood withall, which bring the blood letter, somtime to the gallowes, because he strik to depe. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 29 I haue seen the like once done by an ignorant bloud-letter. 1687 tr. P. Barbette Thes. Chirurgiæ (ed. 4) 39 The French, Italians, Spaniards and Portugueses (great Blood-letters) will, I expect, tell me; That Nature, when by bleeding she hath vent, and is somewhat discharg'd, shall be better able to throw out the remaining Evil. 1705 tr. A. Cowley Plants in Wks. (1711) III. 303 Next Waybred rose..Her Nature is astringent, which great Hate Of her among Blood-letters does create. 1799 C. Taylor Gen. Genteel Preceptor III. 63 The Leech has great reputation for its phlebotomical services, being deemed the best of blood-letters. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 10 It's a self-acting blood-letter. 1927 Jrnl. National Med. Assoc. 19 212/2 The mediaeval name for physician is leech, and there seems to be a lingering belief that there was some kind of a partnership between the doctor and the little living blood-letter. 1984 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 74 61 The careless bloodletter may cut through the vein into the artery. 2007 W. Hüsken in P. Pollier-Green et al. Confronting Mortality with Art & Sci. 106/2 A special provision is made for two categories of semi-medical practitioners, quack doctors and female blood letters. 2. A person who sheds the blood of another; a ruthless murderer.Originally with direct figurative allusion to sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > massacrer or slaughterer > [noun] > bloodshedder shedderc1388 bloodsheddera1425 spiller1530 bloodsucker1539 bloodletter1674 1674 J. Goodman Serious Inq. Neglect Protestant Relig. ii. i. 98 The exercise of so much Cruelty upon the account of Religion, by those Blood-letters in Queen Maries time, hath..made that Profession detestable to this day. 1805 Balance & Columbian Repository 29 Jan. 37/2 Whether, as friends to the independence of mankind, they wish success to its champion, England; or, as fellow blood-letters in embryo, and tadpole despots lately generated in the quagmire of the Rights of Man..they wish success to Bonaparte. 1879 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 20 Nov. 3/4 He..cut his opponent on the left hand with a knife. The blood-letter was arrested by Lieutenant Beadell and locked up at Dearing Street Station. 1974 Arizona & West 16 99 The book will be useful as a key to further research on the bloodletters and other wrongdoers. 1999 G. Jones Deconstructing Starships xii. 149 This Superman, bloodletter on a truly remarkable scale, represents perhaps the Wrath of God and perhaps the Revenge of the Third World. 2011 Independent (Nexis) 5 May 10 As the West's public enemy No 1 for nearly a decade, the Osama bin Laden most of us have come to know was an uncompromising, merciless blood-letter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE
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