water-workern.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtəˌwəːkə/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdərˌwərkər/,

/ˈwɑdərˌwərkər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., worker n.

Etymology: < water n. + worker n., probably partly after waterwork n.

A person (or animal) engaged in working with water; spec. an employee at a waterworks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [noun] > worker

waterer1543

water-worker1579

waterman1615

floater1785

irrigator1829

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who carry, draw, or supply water

water-bearereOE

water drawereOE

tankard-bearer?1518

water carrier1532

water drawer1574

water-worker1579

water-caster1610

waterman1615

tankard-womana1667

water pumper1708

watering-man1791

water boy1823

pani-wallah1934

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vi. 337 The bottome of the poole..contrarie to the..opinions of many ingenistes and water workers, was founde to be higher.

1653 tr. J. Pecquet New Anat. Exper. 119 Let all Water-workers take notice, and all those Craftsmen who hope by the benefit of ear'd Syphons to draw Water over the tops of intermediate Hils.

1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 391 Water-workers, makers of meadow-drains and wet ditches.

1867 H. Dussauce New & Compl. Treat. Arts of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing ii. xlvi. 299 The water worker by the strength of his arm must tear away the fatty tissues, the thin skin which envelops the hide.

1878 Scribner's Monthly Aug. 504/1 A dainty bird, suddenly transported..into a colony of beavers, would look with a sad puzzled frown upon the doings of these busy water-workers.

1905 F. A. McKenzie Tokyo to Tiflis xxviii. 288 The gas men and the water-workers drew off, only to find their places immediately taken by infantry.

1983 Times 12 Feb. 1/1 Acas officials were fighting to keep alive the proposal for a third-party intervention to settle the water workers' strike.

2010 D. Macauley Elemental Philos. ii. 89 Thales was engaged directly and deeply with water in many of its modalities as..a hydraulic engineer (water-worker).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water-worker
释义	water-workern. Brit. /ˈwɔːtəˌwəːkə/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌwərkər/, /ˈwɑdərˌwərkər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., worker n. Etymology: < water n. + worker n., probably partly after waterwork n. A person (or animal) engaged in working with water; spec. an employee at a waterworks. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [noun] > worker waterer1543 water-worker1579 waterman1615 floater1785 irrigator1829 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who carry, draw, or supply water water-bearereOE water drawereOE tankard-bearer?1518 water carrier1532 water drawer1574 water-worker1579 water-caster1610 waterman1615 tankard-womana1667 water pumper1708 watering-man1791 water boy1823 pani-wallah1934 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vi. 337 The bottome of the poole..contrarie to the..opinions of many ingenistes and water workers, was founde to be higher. 1653 tr. J. Pecquet New Anat. Exper. 119 Let all Water-workers take notice, and all those Craftsmen who hope by the benefit of ear'd Syphons to draw Water over the tops of intermediate Hils. 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 391 Water-workers, makers of meadow-drains and wet ditches. 1867 H. Dussauce New & Compl. Treat. Arts of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing ii. xlvi. 299 The water worker by the strength of his arm must tear away the fatty tissues, the thin skin which envelops the hide. 1878 Scribner's Monthly Aug. 504/1 A dainty bird, suddenly transported..into a colony of beavers, would look with a sad puzzled frown upon the doings of these busy water-workers. 1905 F. A. McKenzie Tokyo to Tiflis xxviii. 288 The gas men and the water-workers drew off, only to find their places immediately taken by infantry. 1983 Times 12 Feb. 1/1 Acas officials were fighting to keep alive the proposal for a third-party intervention to settle the water workers' strike. 2010 D. Macauley Elemental Philos. ii. 89 Thales was engaged directly and deeply with water in many of its modalities as..a hydraulic engineer (water-worker). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1579
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