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单词 treasurer
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treasurern.

/ˈtrɛʒərə/
Forms: Middle English–1500s tresourer, tresurer, Middle English–1600s tresorer, (Middle English tresorere, tresoriere, treserour, tresurrer, Middle English tresoreere, tresowrere, Scottish tresorair, 1500s tresourar, trezerer); Middle English–1600s thres-, 1500s–1600s threasorer, threasurer, threasourer; 1500s treasorer, 1500s–1600s treasourer, 1500s– treasurer.
Etymology: In 13–14th cent. tresorer , -ourer , < Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman tresorer = Old French tresorier , < tresor treasure n., after late Latin thēsaurārius (whence Provençal thesaurier , Spanish tesorero , Portuguese thesoureiro , Italian tesoriere , Old Scots thesaurer n.): see treasure n. and -er suffix2.
1.
a. One who has officially the charge of treasure; originally, a person entrusted with the receipt, care, and disbursement of the revenues of a king, noble, or other dignitary, of a state, city, or church; now, one who is responsible for the funds of a public body, or of any corporation, association, society, or club. treasurer of a cathedral: see quot. 1701.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money
hoarder944
treasurerc1290
purse-bearerc1300
coffererc1330
pursera1450
boucherc1450
bowgerc1450
purse-masterc1450
thesaurer1473
expenditor1499
bowser1534
bursarya1552
bursar1587
stock-keeper1589
bag-bearer1598
bourser1685
sumptuary1789
money manager1874
investment manager1879
tizzy-snatcher1914
society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money > of a corporation or society
treasurer1607
c1290 Edmund Conf. 394 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 442 At sales~buri..prouendes of churches he hadde, and was tresurer [v.r. tresourer].
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. xvi. 23 Erastus tresorer, or kepere, of the cite, greetith ȝou wel.
1419 in Surtees Misc. (1888) 14 Maister Thomas Haxey, Tresorer of the Cathedrale Kirk of Seint Peter of York.
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Vvv3/2 Treasurer... Most corporations through the kingdome, haue an officer of this name, that receiueth their rents, and disburseth their common expences.
1670 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) 119 The two new Treasurers of the Turkey Company.
1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) sig. Iii2b Treasurer in Cathedral Churches, A Dignitary who was to take charge of the Vestments, Plate, Jewels, Reliques, and other Treasure belonging to the said Church.
1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 357 The treasurer of each hospital must annually verify upon oath his accounts.
1912–13 Kelly's Oxford Directory 147/2 Ashmolean Natural History Society,..G. C. Druce.., treasurer.
b. Lord High Treasurer of England, Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain, also called Treasurer, Lord Treasurer, High Treasurer, Treasurer of the Exchequer, formerly, the third great officer of the Crown, controlling the revenues of the sovereign.The office was put into commission several times in the 17th cent., and definitely in the reign of George I, its duties subsequently being discharged by five Lords of the Treasury: see treasury n. 3.
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1292 Britton i. xix. §10 Solom la discrecioun des Thresorers et des Barouns de nos Eschekers.]
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 280 To Berwik cam þe kynge eschekere,..Walter of Admundesham he was Tresorere.
1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 71 Item the xj. day of October was made..the lord trezerer markes of Wynchester.
1562 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 115 To the Threasourer and Chamberlaines of our Exchequier greeting.
1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Hay any Worke for Cooper 27 Our L. high Chancellor, high Treasurer, and high Steward of Englande.
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Vvv2v/2 The Treasurer of England, who is a Lord by his office..vnder whose charge and gouernment is all the Princes wealth contained in the Exchequer.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 524–5 Lord Treasurers Remembrancer..maketh Proces against all Sheriffes..and Bayliffes, for their accounts.
1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 10 Apr. (1948) I. 239 They talk of great promotions to be made; that Mr. Harley is to be lord treasurer.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. vii. 682 In earlier times, the Treasurer acted personally at the Exchequer.
c. Lord High Treasurer of Scotland (in Scots, †Lord (High) Thesaurer), formerly, the officer having charge of the receipt and disbursement of the revenues of the kingdom, whose duty it was to examine and pass the accounts of the sheriffs and others concerned in levying the revenues, to receive resignations of lands, etc. In 1663 he was declared President of the Court of Exchequer.
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1473 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 32 Pait be the Thesaurair.
1489 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 125 Takyne be the Kyng..out of the Thesorarris purs.
1685 London Gaz. No. 2031/1 The Earl of Kintore Lord Thesaurer Deput.
1707 Narr. Jas. Nimmo (1889) 103 I was chosen Town Thesaurer.
1708 J. Chamberlayne Present State Great Brit. (1737) ii. ii. iv. 376 The Officers of State [of Scotland] before the late Union... The Lord Thesaurer Depute, whose Commission ran in the same Terms with that given to the Thesaurer Principal, or the Commissioners of Thesaury.
1877 T. Dickson Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. I. Pref. 13–14 In 1424 James I..assigned two newly created offices, the Comptroller and the Treasurer.
1877 T. Dickson Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. I. 26 The earliest appointment of a Treasurer which remains on record is a letter under the Privy Seal 25 June 1526.
1877 T. Dickson Accts. Ld. High Treasurer Scotl. I. 34 None of these [accounts] are of earlier date than fifty years after the institution of the office; the earliest being of the year 1473–4.
d. U.S. An officer of the Treasury Department, who receives and keeps the moneys, disbursing them only upon warrants drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury and duly recorded and countersigned; also an officer having the same function in each State.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money > one who manages public money > specific officials
chamberlain1415
teller1434
under-treasurer1447
treasurer of the king's warsc1450
vice-treasurer1541
chequer-man?1577
Clerk of the Pellsa1603
treasurer at wars1617
fiscal1652
quaestor1673
underteller1694
First Lord of the Treasury1698
Paymaster General1698
melter1758
treasurer1790
First Lord1855
apposer-
1790 A. Hamilton in H. C. Syrett Papers (1962) VI. 505 The Treasurer of the United States shall be the receiver of all payments for sales at the General Land office.
1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. (1871) iii. 255 The weights were to be stamped..in figures denominating their weight, and to be kept by the public treasurer.
1879 Constit. Calif. in J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. (1888) II. App. 655 A Secretary of State, a Controller, a Treasurer, an Attorney-General, and a Surveyor-General shall be elected at the same time and places.
e. In other official designations.
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a1505 in C. L. Kingsford Chron. London (1905) 230 The Maister of his Requestes, and his Tresorer generall.
1552 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. ii. 118 The Thresourer of ye Kinges maiesties Chambre.
c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 18 Mr. Treasorer and Mr. Controwler of the Kinges howse.
1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edward II (1876) 6 The thresorer of the warderobe.
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Vvv3/1 Then is there a Treasurer of the kings houshold... Treasurer of the Nauie, or Treasurer of the warres... Treasurer of the Kings chamber... Treasurer of the Chauncerie... Treasurer of the Kings Wardrobe.
1613 Voy. Guiana in Harl. Misc. (1809) III. 210 A treasurer-general for the plantations shall be resident in London.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xvii. 54 The extraordinary title of count of the sacred largesses, was bestowed on the treasurer-general of the revenue.
2. figurative. One who or that which is entrusted with the keeping of anything precious or valuable.
ΘΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > guardian or custodian > one who or that which keeps anything precious
treasurer1340
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 231 Þe drede of god is þe tresoriere þet þet tresor of madenhod lokeþ.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 24672 To faintis was ti faiþe ne fere For þi þu was his tresorer [Vesp. tresurrer].
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. iii. sig. C2v Knowing..that I shall find your eares faithfull treasurers.
1671 I. Barrow Duty & Reward of Bounty 123 Rich men are indeed but the Treasurers, the Stewards, the Caterers of God for the rest of men.
1831 W. Scott Castle Dangerous ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. IV. 69 The secrets of which thou seemest to be a too faithful treasurer.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xi. 190 These lords are the treasurers and librarians of mankind.
3. [ < treasure v. + -er suffix1.] One who treasures or hoards up; a hoarder, preserver, keeper of something precious.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation from decay, loss, or destruction > preservation for future use > keeper of something precious
treasurer1597
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 31 The wch noble vertu ought to be desirable to Lords, ladies, and the greatest Threasurers in the world.
1613 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 247 I am a bad treasurer-up of names.
?a1644 Epitaph on Drayton in B. Jonson Wks. (1925–51) VIII. 435 When thy Ruines shall disclame To be the Treas'rer of his Name.
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