| 单词 | vendue master |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvendue master vendue master n. now historical an official with authority over public sales; (also) a person who conducts public sales, an auctioneer. [Apparently after Dutch vendumeester (1545 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > auctioneer portsale-maker1552 crier1556 rouper1560 outcrier1577 outroper1583 vendue master1679 auctioneer1708 sale-factor1770 vendue crier1778 1679 in Rec. Court of New Castle on Delaware (1904) 281 Upon the Peticon of Ephraim Herman vendu Master. 1761 Descr. S. Carolina 33 There is also..a Receiver-general of the Quit-rents, a Vendue Master, and Naval Officer. 1793 in W. S. Seton-Carr Select. Calcutta Gaz. (1865) II. 99 The Governor General in Council is pleased to notify that Mr. Williamson, as the [East India] Company's Vendu Master is to have the superintendence and management of all sales at the Presidency. 1831 M. Prince Hist. W. Indian Slave in H. L. Gates Six Women's Slave Narr. (1988) 4 At length the vendue master, who was to offer us for sale like sheep or cattle, arrived and asked my mother which was the eldest. 2009 R. H. Schloss Sweet Liberty ii. 68 According to the Colonial Office, in the future the vendue master would oversee all sales, whether of immoveables or moveables, voluntarily made by the island's inhabitants. < as lemmas |
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