† speechmann.

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s specheman, speachman.

Etymology: < speech n.¹

Obsolete.

One who is appointed to speak for others; a spokesman.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who speaks for or on behalf of another > man

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c1530 in Essex Rev. (1904) XIII. 22 Who wer messyngers and spechemen for lynsell for ye obtaynyng of ye lese of Macchyng parsonage?

1559 J. Aylmer Harborowe sig. I4^v Thou shalt be his God and he thy specheman.

1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome iii. f. 35^v Not seeking Mediators here, nor speachmen for to pray.

1630 W. Scot Apol. Narr. (1846) 167 Mr. James Melvill..was appointed to be their speechman.

figurative.1564 T. Becon Diuersitie Gods Worde & Mannes Inuention Pref., in Wks. iii. f. 388 ^v He would..straightwaies (so that money be the Aduocate and spechman)..be more meeke and gentle than a Lambe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	speechman
释义	† speechmann. Forms: Also 1500s–1600s specheman, speachman. Etymology: < speech n.¹ Obsolete. One who is appointed to speak for others; a spokesman. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who speaks for or on behalf of another > man speakman1340 speechmanc1530 spokesmana1540 c1530 in Essex Rev. (1904) XIII. 22 Who wer messyngers and spechemen for lynsell for ye obtaynyng of ye lese of Macchyng parsonage? 1559 J. Aylmer Harborowe sig. I4^v Thou shalt be his God and he thy specheman. 1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome iii. f. 35^v Not seeking Mediators here, nor speachmen for to pray. 1630 W. Scot Apol. Narr. (1846) 167 Mr. James Melvill..was appointed to be their speechman. figurative.1564 T. Becon Diuersitie Gods Worde & Mannes Inuention Pref., in Wks. iii. f. 388 ^v He would..straightwaies (so that money be the Aduocate and spechman)..be more meeke and gentle than a Lambe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1530
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