单词 | suer |
释义 | suern. a. A follower, a disciple; an adherent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager > adherent followerOE manOE soldier1340 suerc1384 suitora1398 adherent1426 clienta1464 aggregator1541 sectator?1541 suppost1547 ensuer1550 adherer1561 sectary1590 symbolizer1607 acolyte1623 sectarian1819 tailer1838 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. ii. 50 Be ȝe suers [a1425 L.V. sueris; L. æmulatores], or louers, of the lawe. ?c1430 (?1382) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 511 Jesus Crist and his apostilis, and here beste seweres. c1600 (?c1395) Pierce Ploughman's Crede (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) l. 148 Crist..saide to his sueres forsoþe on þis wise. b. A person who follows a specified course of action. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > following up, through, or prosecution > [noun] > one who suerc1384 prosecutor1605 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Titus ii. 14 A peple acceptable to him silf, suere [L. sectatorem] of good werkis. ?a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Claud.) (1850) Ecclus. xli. 8 Gloss. [a1425 Royal The sones of synneris] that is, sueris of the fadris synnes. ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Av That is the foure vertues, surnamed cardynall,..For them and theyr suers, God doth alway commende. c. A pursuer. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > pursuit > pursuer pursuandc1350 pursuera1382 suera1425 followera1450 chaser1487 courser1590 pursuant1593 prosecutor1598 questrist1608 dogger1611 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Lament. i. 6 The princes therof..ȝeden forth withouten strengthe bifore the face of the suere [E.V. a1382 Douce 369(1) folewere; L. subsequentis]. 2. A person who brings a legal suit or makes a legal claim; a plaintiff. Formerly also more generally: †a petitioner (obsolete).Apparently not attested in the 18th and early 19th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > plaintiff cravera1300 actora1325 askera1325 plaintiffa1325 plainer1340 challengera1382 pursuanta1393 follower1397 suer1423 pursuer1430 plainant1437 suitor1454 suit maker1469 complainant1495 plainandc1500 callerc1503 tabler1517 complaintiffc1533 complainer?1542 impleader1583 pledant1599 proceedera1618 querent1720 pulsator1730 demandeur1818 movant1875 rapper1904 1423–4 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1423 §53. m. 30 That the partie so founden in defaute, paie to the suer..half as muche as the forfaiture amonteth too. 1461 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 311 Halfe to the cowrte and half to the suere. 1566 J. Rastell Treat.: Beware of M. Iewel To Rdr. sig. Aixv If the Suer for it [sc. favour] be notus Pontifici. c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 114 That no privie seal shold goe against no man, but if the suer therof wold find suerty to yeld the parties defendants ther damages. 1688 P. Pett Happy Future State of Eng. 155 Tamperers with Witnesses, Tales-men, Promoters of Office, Suers of others in the way of qui tam, &c. quam, &c. 1869 N. Amer. Rev. July 91 Three new actions were commenced by them. In the first place, they sued the suers. 2009 Private Eye 18 Sept. 27/2 The serial suer did not allow any reference to him, however hedged with lawyerly caveats, to go unpunished. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1384 |
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