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单词 staller
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stallern.1

/ˈstɔːlə/
Etymology: < late Old English stallere, *steallere (in genitive contracted stealres , steallres ), probably < steall stall n.1, in imitation of Latin stabulārius. Compare Old Norse stallari, the title of a Norwegian court officer from the 10th cent.
Historical.
1. The title of a high officer in the reign of Edward the Confessor, equivalent to constable n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > holder of office > high officials of state > [noun] > constable
stallera1100
constablea1240
Constable of France1475
Constable of England1520
Constable of Scotland1596
a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1047 (MS. D.) Her man utlagode Osgod stallere.
11.. Charter in Kemble Cod. Dipl. IV. 291 On Esgeres stealres, and on Raulfes steallres..gewitnesse on Lincolne.
c1200 in Michel Chron. Anglo-Norm. ii. 234 Esegarus regie procurator aule, qui et anglice dictus stallere, i.e. regni vexillifer.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 439 Wee reade in the private historie of the place, The Kings Staller, that is, Standerd bearer..first founded it.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (1897) I. xi. 383 The constable..succeeded to the duties of the Anglo-Saxon staller.
2. Used vaguely for: Officer.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun]
man of officec1300
officerc1380
officec1440
office manc1459
officiate1500
officiary1505
official1555
gerent1576
officiary1587
office-bearer1593
stallera1627
incumbent1672
designator1683
corrector1690
office-holder1818
city manager1909
postholder1961
a1627 H. Shirley Martyr'd Souldier (1638) ii. iii Sit downe by me your Officiall: Or to come nearer to the efficacy of the word, Your undermost Iaylor, or staller; The word is Lordly and significant.

Derivatives

ˈstallership n. the office of a ‘staller’.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > [noun]
wikec1000
officec1300
bishopricc1384
chairc1384
officeship?a1425
whilec1449
roomc1500
place1558
stallership1868
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. App. 684 A mere lad would hardly have been invested with a stallership.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

stallern.2

/ˈstɔːlə/
Etymology: < stall v.2 + -er suffix1.
slang.
1. staller (up): one who ‘stalls up’ or acts as confederate to a pickpocket (see stall v.2 1).
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > pickpocket > assistant or accomplice
stall1591
Adam Tiler1665
bulk1673
bulker1673
staller (up)1819
stickman1862
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. at Stall The stallers up are gratified with such part of the gains acquired as the liberality of the knuckling gentlemen may prompt them to bestow.
1977 New Society 7 July 6/2 At first he was a staller. ‘You get a woman trying to get on a train, someone goes in front of her, stalls her for ten to 15 seconds, and she's forgot about her bag.’
2. One who stalls or prevaricates; a person who gains time by obstructionism.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > one who delays
tarrier1382
delayer1509
postponer1533
prolonger1548
proroguer1551
deferrer1552
waiter upon God1592
procrastinator1607
temporizer1609
protracter1611
protractor1611
retarder1644
cunctator1654
adjourner1738
postponator1775
putter-off1803
tomorrower1810
offput1856
shelver1881
staller1937
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > evasion or subterfuge > person
fleeter1581
staller1937
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 823/1 Staller, a person constantly, or very good at, making excuses or playing for time.
1977 H. Greene FSO-1 ix. 76 You are..one of the world's most transparent stallers... We are convened to talk about Larry.
1981 ‘W. Haggard’ Money Men vii. 74 He was an experienced staller. Postponing action was called good judgment.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

stallern.3

Etymology: < stall n.4 + -er suffix1.
Obsolete.
= stall n.4
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [noun] > beehive
hivec725
beehivec1325
ruche1494
skep1494
stall1505
butt1532
pyche1570
bee-stall1572
hive-cot1582
alveary1623
bee-skepa1634
bee-house1675
staller1712
stand1740
bee-gum1817
bink1824
bee-palace1845
1712 J. Warder True Amazons 37 In the Staller are left old sufficient Warriors to train up and well Discipline the young Amazons.
1712 J. Warder True Amazons 132 You had better chuse a Staller of two Years old, than a light Swarm.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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