单词 | souler |
释义 | soulern. English regional (northern and western). Now chiefly historical. Usually in plural. A person who goes ‘souling’ (see soul v. 3). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > one taking part in traditional begging souler1778 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > persons and characters > [noun] > participants in other specific festivities savage mana1577 Saturnaliana1665 souler1778 wren-boys?a1800 Jack in the green1835 carnivaller1881 orgiophant1886 strawboy1894 carnivalite1896 garlander1939 1778 G. Tollet in S. Johnson & G. Steevens Plays of Shakspeare (rev. ed.) I. 142 The souler's song, in Staffordshire, is different from that which Mr. Peck mentions, and is by no means worthy [of] publication. 1856 E. Hinchliffe Barthomley in Lett. 143 The ‘Soulers’ go from house to house... Children are the songsters during the day, but when night comes..young men of the village..sally forth. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire 361 Parties of soulers go together to all the larger houses in the neighbourhood singing a souling-song. 1913 E. M. Wright Rustic Speech & Folk-lore xvii. 300 Formerly special cakes called soul-cakes were baked by housekeepers in readiness for the soulers, but biscuits, apples, nuts..would be accepted under the name of soul-cakes. 2009 J. Struthers Red Sky at Night 214 The soulers sang songs that varied according to the part of Britain in which they lived. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1778 |
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