单词 | under-sitter |
释义 | † under-sittern. Obsolete. One occupying part of another's house; a sub-tenant or lodger. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > inhabitant of house > one occupying (part of) another's house undersettle1235 underset1509 under-sitter1580 subsettle1583 undersettler1794 1580 Procl. Q. Eliz. 7 July For the offences in this part of increase of many indwellers, or as they be commonly termed Inmates, or vndersitters. 1607 Proclamations Jas. I (1609) 162 The letting of part of Houses and Chambers to Inmates and Undersitters. 1609 D. Tuvil Vade-mecum (1629) 18 Vertue cannot endure to be an vnder-sitter to any. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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