| 单词 | swearer-in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswearer-in 3. One who administers an oath to another (const. of). Also swearer-in (see to swear in at swear v. Phrasal verbs 2). ΚΠ 1597 E. S. Discouerie Knights of Poste sig. B2v I graunt he is a broker,..but he was first a bailer and a swearer. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. K2v Provided they could be the Swearers of the Prince to do all due Allegiance to the Church. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. ii. 491 An act is to be extracted upon their said absence, and is to be delivered to the swearer, or his Clerk. 1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 86 I was obliged to hire a man as a ‘swearer-in’. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xii. 112 I am not a swearer in of people, man. < as lemmas |
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