单词 | under-workman |
释义 | under-workmann. (under- prefix1 3a(a).) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > subordinate servantc1400 server1483 under-workman1608 under-labourera1667 under-worker1701 grinder1814 mate1840 grunt1908 report1973 1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 724 The chiefe workeman doth the principall worke himselfe, and the other by his ministers and vnderworkemen. 1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 142 As an Architect, or the like chiefe workman, doth..appoint under-workmen where they shall imploy themselves. 1708 J. Swift Sentiments Church of Eng.-man ii, in Misc. (1711) 147 Under-workmen, who are expert enough at making a single Wheel in a Clock, but are utterly ignorant how to adjust the several Parts. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 8 An Under-workman in the Printing-House at Harlem. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1608 |
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