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单词 spender
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spendern.1

Forms: In Middle English spendere, Middle English spendare.
Etymology: Aphetic form of de-, dispender n.
Obsolete.
A steward.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > head servant or house steward
stewardc1000
spencea1300
spender1340
spencerc1380
maître d'hôtel1540
major-domo1589
dapifer1636
khansama1645
sirkar1772
maître d'1942
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 190 He..het his desspendoure þet he him yeaue uyftene pond of gold. Þe spendere be his couaytise ne yeaf bote vyf.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 190 Þo he clepede his spendere and him acsede hou moche he hedde y-yeue to þe kniȝte.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 468/2 Spendare, dispensator.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

spendern.2

Brit. /ˈspɛndə/, U.S. /ˈspɛndər/
Forms: Also Middle English spendour, Middle English spendare.
Etymology: < spend v.1 + -er suffix1. Compare Middle Dutch spender, Old High German spentâri, -eri (Middle High German spendære, -iere, German spender).
1. One who spends; spec. one who spends lavishly or wastefully, a spendthrift.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] > squanderer or prodigal
waster1352
spender1393
fool-large?c1425
neve1440
stroyc1440
strawer1460
scapethrifta1500
prodigal son (also daughter, child)1508
nephew1532
scatterer1535
stroy-good1540
prodigal1547
spend-all1553
dingthrift1566
stroy-all1573
scattergood1577
slip-thrift1579
waste-good1585
slide-thrifta1591
spendthrift1601
unthrifta1602
prodiga1605
spend-good1605
wastethrift1608
prodigal1609
lavisher1611
squanderer1611
decoctor1615
profuser1616
extravagant1745
dissipater1799
wastrel1887
squander-bug1943
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > one who spends
spender1393
disburser1611
expender1804
brosier1850
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun] > spendthrift
spender1393
fool-large?c1425
neve1440
scapethrifta1500
nephew1532
bankrupt1533
scatterer1535
spend-all1553
dingthrift1566
gillian spend-all1573
scattergood1577
slip-thrift1579
waste-good1585
slide-thrifta1591
spendthrift1601
spend-good1605
wastethrift1608
extravagant1745
dissipater1799
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vi. 28 An ydel man þow semest, A spendour þat spende mot oþer a spille-tyme.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) vi. xvi He is a greete spender of his lordes good and catel.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 468/2 Spendare in waast, prodigus.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 114 Ye saye that she ys prudente and a ware spender and dysposer of goodes.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vi. sig. Iv Ye are calde..to great a spender.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. F1v They would let so vnprofitable a spender starue.
1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 200 Of Spenders there are two sorts, some are Prodigall, some Liberall.
1670 R. Graham Angliæ Speculum Morale 90 She is commonly a most extravagant spender.
1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 174 An industrious..man..is richer, in my eye, than a spender with thousands.
1844 R. W. Emerson Young Amer. 16 Money is of no value: it cannot spend itself. All depends on the skill of the spender.
1883 American 6 217 Very rich men in England are much freer spenders than they are here.
proverbial.1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery i. ii. iv. 84 After great getters come great spenders.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mal soupe qui tout disne, of a young spender comes an old beggar.1629 J. Gaule Distractions 438 After a great Getter, then commonly comes a Spender.1635 J. Gore Way to Well-doing 25 A good sparer makes a good spender.1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 262 Great spenders are bad lenders.in extended use.1612 G. Chapman Widdowes Teares i. sig. Bv My former suites haue been all spenders, this shall be my speeder.1656 W. Davenant Siege of Rhodes i. 5 They Stewards are, Without accompt, to that wild Spender, War.
2. One who, or that which, consumes, employs, or uses up; a consumer or waster of something.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > [noun] > one who or that which uses up
spender1565
expender1804
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Consumptor, a spender, consumer, or waster.
1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. xviii. sig. L1v I will put away this sleepy Humour, for it is an extreame spender.
1673 Gentlewomans Compan. 85 Queen Elizabeth..was pleased to term Plays the harmless Spenders of time.
1704 J. Swift Disc. Mech. Operat. Spirit i, in Tale of Tub 296 To prevent Perspiration, than which nothing is observed to be a greater Spender of Mechanick Light.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Spender, a consumer. A ‘small spender’ is a person who has very little appetite.
3. Tanning. A pit in which the bark is leached. Also attributive in spender pit.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with skins or hides > [noun] > where bark is leached
spender1882
1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 382/2 The method of leaching commonly adopted in the United Kingdom is to pass the bark through a series of leachers or spender pits.
1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) iv. 61 When the material in No. 1 is spent, it is cast and filled with fresh bark, and becomes the best leach,..No. 2 becoming the spender.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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