waterern.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːt(ə)rə/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdərər/,

/ˈwɑdərər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: water v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < water v. + -er suffix¹.The surname Waterer is attested from 1443 in sources from Sussex and Surrey, but is likely to represent a topographical, rather than an occupational, formation < water n. + -er suffix¹. In sense 3 translating classical Latin aquārius Aquarius n. Compare Middle High German (in late sources) wazzerer the constellation Aquarius (German Wässerer, also in senses ‘water carrier’, ‘person who supervises irrigation and watercourses’ (both 15th cent.)).

1. A person who supplies animals with drinking water. Now historical and rare.

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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > supplying with water > [noun] > for animals > person who

waterera1500

a1500 Let. Alexander l. 185 in Mediaeval Stud. (1979) 41 125 (MED) I bad to cut the woode..as the more lightly the waterberers and waterers of hors and beest myghten have their..goyng vnto the ponde.

1683 J. Turner Pallas Armata ii. viii. 80 He..bid his Guards, Foragers and Waterers of Horses, take heed.

1797 ‘Mr. Addison’ Interesting Anecd. VIII. 304 His last stage was becoming a waterer of horses at a coach stand near Barbican.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxxi. 377 He was a mere waterer of horses.

1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. i. 27 The shift of waterers was sent out..to seek a cattle pool some miles lower in the valley.

1945 M. Graf Legend Musical City iv. xvii. 224 The ‘waterer’ who had watered the horses, and the ‘coach-door opener’..would appear and receive their respective tips.

a. A person who waters plants or crops.Formerly frequently in figurative contexts, often with allusion to 1 Corinthians 3:7–8 (cf. quot. 1549).

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

waterer1543

water-worker1579

waterman1615

floater1785

irrigator1829

1543 W. Turner Huntyng Romishe Fox sig. Eiij^v The chefe setter out of thys article, the noble waterer of the popes gardin.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. iii. f. ix^v Yf the husband manne be of thys dysapoynted, nothyng in maner preuayleth, the gardiner, nor yet the waterer.

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 80 This ill weed,..maugre the warmers and waterers, hath by her Maiesties gracious breath beene euer parched vp.

1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist ii. v. 2 The Magistrate must be a remoouer, or reviver of the Ceremonies controversed: a weeder or a waterer of them.

1657 J. Shaw Certaine Plaine & Easie Demonstrations 4 Oftentimes there will fall some showers also, that will both helpe and ease the labor of the Waterers, in the driest time and season of the yeare.

1703 J. Freame Test. in C. Marshal Sion's Trav. (1704) sig. b5^v He was both a Planter, as well as a Waterer in God's Vineyard.

1779 J. Duché Disc. I. xii. 227 Away then with your vain and unchristian distinctions! for the planter, and the waterer, are equally necessary, and equally estimable.

1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 387 Watering plants in pots requires much more consideration on the part of the waterer than watering in free soil.

1898 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 504/1 The plant-droppers went ahead,..the main transplanting body followed,..and the waterer brought up the rear.

1903 J. H. Bridge Hist. Carnegie Steel Co. vii. 114 Idly watching the spaders and waterers and trimmers.

2010 Sunday Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 15 Aug. (Agenda section) 64 If you are a forgetful waterer, consider a self-watering pot.

†b. An agriculturalist who makes use of irrigation techniques. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1790 T. Wright Advantages & Method Watering Meadows (ed. 2) 22 This is a method..taught by a systematical waterer in Staffordshire.

3. Usually with the and capital initial. The constellation Aquarius. Now chiefly as a conscious translation.See note at water-bearer n. 2.

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the world > the universe > constellation > zodiacal constellation > [noun] > Aquarius

Aquariusa1398

waterer1546

waterman1565

water-pourer1565

water-bearer1594

skinker1605

urn1633

water boy1640

water carrier1830

water-can1869

1546 tr. A. P. Gasser Prognostication b v In y^e signe Aquari or waterer.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. i. 18/1 Aquarius, or the Watery Sign, or Waterer, consists of Stars; the 3 greatest on the left Shoulder.

1784 J. Aikin Cal. Nature (final page) The Sun enters into..the Waterer - January 19.

1883 G. Massey Nat. Genesis II. 207 The four corners of a zodiac..are identified as the Lion, Scorpion, Waterer, and Bull.

1907 F. W. Kelsey tr. A. Mau Pompeii (rev. ed.) 540 Trimalchio (Petr. Sat. XXXIX) makes out that these [sc. innkeepers] were born under the sign Aquarius, ‘the waterer’.

2005 M. Barber Coming Soon vi. 86 The signs in the middle of these four parts are the Lion (Leo), the Man (Aquarius, the Waterer), the Bull (Taurus), and the Eagle.

4. A person who is sent ashore to obtain a supply of fresh water for a ship's company. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > supplying with water > [noun] > for ship > person who

waterer1759

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > one who goes ashore > sailors sent ashore > to get water

waterer1759

1759 J. Lindsay Voy. Coast Afr. vii. 60 Waterers too (if they choose not to be us'd ill, or perhaps kept prisoners) must be careful every turn they make with their boats.

1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. v. 127 Sail-makers, coopers, waterers, and wood-cutters.

1781 Gentleman's Mag. 51 278/2 The Indians still continuing troublesome, and attacking the waterers with stones at the well.

1858 F. B. Goodrich Man upon Sea xxvii. 250 The waterers found a Spaniard lying asleep, and took from him thirteen bars of silver.

1873 R. M. Ballantyne Tales Adventure on Sea xi. 113 Such a situation as might best enable him to superintend and protect the waterers and other working parties that were to be on shore.

2009 M. Nugent Capt. Cook was Here 51 From the vantage point of the waterers, this was a good location not only because it was the best source of fresh water found, but also because it was in direct sight of the ship.

†5. A visitor to a spa. Cf. water v. 15. Obsolete. rare.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [noun] > holiday-maker or tourist > types of

waterer1776

summer boarder1826

honeymooner1832

weekender1880

beacher1923

visiting fireman1926

beach boy1939

ecotourist1985

dark tourist2000

1776 S. J. Pratt Pupil of Pleasure I. xviii. 55 My wife says, he understands to a nicety, what some of the waterers [at ‘Buxton bath’] call the etiquette of dress.

6. A device used for supplying water to animals or plants. Frequently with modifying word specifying the type, as hog waterer, plant waterer, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > watering apparatus

watering pot1448

water-pot1530

garden pot1548

watering can1685

watering pan1702

spout head1733

garden engine1744

chantepleure1842

waterer1884

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > water-pitcher or -pot > [noun] > for carrying water

water-canc1350

watering vessela1400

barrel-ferrerc1425

bumpkin1685

waterer1884

loutrophoros1896

1884 Colman's Rural World 8 May 1/4 The Wind-mill also pumps water into a tank, which in turn supplies a hog waterer connected with it.

1925 Meat & Live Stock Digest Aug. 1/1 A barrel with a float attachment makes an excellent, inexpensive automatic waterer.

1965 Pop. Mech. Jan. 141/2 Plant waterer regulates itself, will water your plant up to 3 weeks.

1970 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. Oct. 240 The food cups and waterers [for the rats] were replaced with clean containers.

1998 H. M. Malton Down in Dumps xiii. 107 ‘Donna-Lou's been thinking to install some more waterers in the chicken house,’ Otis said.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	waterer
释义	waterern. Brit. /ˈwɔːt(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərər/, /ˈwɑdərər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: water v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < water v. + -er suffix¹.The surname Waterer is attested from 1443 in sources from Sussex and Surrey, but is likely to represent a topographical, rather than an occupational, formation < water n. + -er suffix¹. In sense 3 translating classical Latin aquārius Aquarius n. Compare Middle High German (in late sources) wazzerer the constellation Aquarius (German Wässerer, also in senses ‘water carrier’, ‘person who supervises irrigation and watercourses’ (both 15th cent.)). 1. A person who supplies animals with drinking water. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > supplying with water > [noun] > for animals > person who waterera1500 a1500 Let. Alexander l. 185 in Mediaeval Stud. (1979) 41 125 (MED) I bad to cut the woode..as the more lightly the waterberers and waterers of hors and beest myghten have their..goyng vnto the ponde. 1683 J. Turner Pallas Armata ii. viii. 80 He..bid his Guards, Foragers and Waterers of Horses, take heed. 1797 ‘Mr. Addison’ Interesting Anecd. VIII. 304 His last stage was becoming a waterer of horses at a coach stand near Barbican. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxxi. 377 He was a mere waterer of horses. 1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta I. i. 27 The shift of waterers was sent out..to seek a cattle pool some miles lower in the valley. 1945 M. Graf Legend Musical City iv. xvii. 224 The ‘waterer’ who had watered the horses, and the ‘coach-door opener’..would appear and receive their respective tips. 2. a. A person who waters plants or crops.Formerly frequently in figurative contexts, often with allusion to 1 Corinthians 3:7–8 (cf. quot. 1549). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [noun] > worker waterer1543 water-worker1579 waterman1615 floater1785 irrigator1829 1543 W. Turner Huntyng Romishe Fox sig. Eiij^v The chefe setter out of thys article, the noble waterer of the popes gardin. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. iii. f. ix^v Yf the husband manne be of thys dysapoynted, nothyng in maner preuayleth, the gardiner, nor yet the waterer. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 80 This ill weed,..maugre the warmers and waterers, hath by her Maiesties gracious breath beene euer parched vp. 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist ii. v. 2 The Magistrate must be a remoouer, or reviver of the Ceremonies controversed: a weeder or a waterer of them. 1657 J. Shaw Certaine Plaine & Easie Demonstrations 4 Oftentimes there will fall some showers also, that will both helpe and ease the labor of the Waterers, in the driest time and season of the yeare. 1703 J. Freame Test. in C. Marshal Sion's Trav. (1704) sig. b5^v He was both a Planter, as well as a Waterer in God's Vineyard. 1779 J. Duché Disc. I. xii. 227 Away then with your vain and unchristian distinctions! for the planter, and the waterer, are equally necessary, and equally estimable. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 387 Watering plants in pots requires much more consideration on the part of the waterer than watering in free soil. 1898 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 504/1 The plant-droppers went ahead,..the main transplanting body followed,..and the waterer brought up the rear. 1903 J. H. Bridge Hist. Carnegie Steel Co. vii. 114 Idly watching the spaders and waterers and trimmers. 2010 Sunday Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 15 Aug. (Agenda section) 64 If you are a forgetful waterer, consider a self-watering pot. †b. An agriculturalist who makes use of irrigation techniques. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1790 T. Wright Advantages & Method Watering Meadows (ed. 2) 22 This is a method..taught by a systematical waterer in Staffordshire. 3. Usually with the and capital initial. The constellation Aquarius. Now chiefly as a conscious translation.See note at water-bearer n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > zodiacal constellation > [noun] > Aquarius Aquariusa1398 waterer1546 waterman1565 water-pourer1565 water-bearer1594 skinker1605 urn1633 water boy1640 water carrier1830 water-can1869 1546 tr. A. P. Gasser Prognostication b v In y^e signe Aquari or waterer. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. i. 18/1 Aquarius, or the Watery Sign, or Waterer, consists of Stars; the 3 greatest on the left Shoulder. 1784 J. Aikin Cal. Nature (final page) The Sun enters into..the Waterer - January 19. 1883 G. Massey Nat. Genesis II. 207 The four corners of a zodiac..are identified as the Lion, Scorpion, Waterer, and Bull. 1907 F. W. Kelsey tr. A. Mau Pompeii (rev. ed.) 540 Trimalchio (Petr. Sat. XXXIX) makes out that these [sc. innkeepers] were born under the sign Aquarius, ‘the waterer’. 2005 M. Barber Coming Soon vi. 86 The signs in the middle of these four parts are the Lion (Leo), the Man (Aquarius, the Waterer), the Bull (Taurus), and the Eagle. 4. A person who is sent ashore to obtain a supply of fresh water for a ship's company. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > supplying with water > [noun] > for ship > person who waterer1759 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > one who goes ashore > sailors sent ashore > to get water waterer1759 1759 J. Lindsay Voy. Coast Afr. vii. 60 Waterers too (if they choose not to be us'd ill, or perhaps kept prisoners) must be careful every turn they make with their boats. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. v. 127 Sail-makers, coopers, waterers, and wood-cutters. 1781 Gentleman's Mag. 51 278/2 The Indians still continuing troublesome, and attacking the waterers with stones at the well. 1858 F. B. Goodrich Man upon Sea xxvii. 250 The waterers found a Spaniard lying asleep, and took from him thirteen bars of silver. 1873 R. M. Ballantyne Tales Adventure on Sea xi. 113 Such a situation as might best enable him to superintend and protect the waterers and other working parties that were to be on shore. 2009 M. Nugent Capt. Cook was Here 51 From the vantage point of the waterers, this was a good location not only because it was the best source of fresh water found, but also because it was in direct sight of the ship. †5. A visitor to a spa. Cf. water v. 15. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [noun] > holiday-maker or tourist > types of waterer1776 summer boarder1826 honeymooner1832 weekender1880 beacher1923 visiting fireman1926 beach boy1939 ecotourist1985 dark tourist2000 1776 S. J. Pratt Pupil of Pleasure I. xviii. 55 My wife says, he understands to a nicety, what some of the waterers [at ‘Buxton bath’] call the etiquette of dress. 6. A device used for supplying water to animals or plants. Frequently with modifying word specifying the type, as hog waterer, plant waterer, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > watering apparatus watering pot1448 water-pot1530 garden pot1548 watering can1685 watering pan1702 spout head1733 garden engine1744 chantepleure1842 waterer1884 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > water-pitcher or -pot > [noun] > for carrying water water-canc1350 watering vessela1400 barrel-ferrerc1425 bumpkin1685 waterer1884 loutrophoros1896 1884 Colman's Rural World 8 May 1/4 The Wind-mill also pumps water into a tank, which in turn supplies a hog waterer connected with it. 1925 Meat & Live Stock Digest Aug. 1/1 A barrel with a float attachment makes an excellent, inexpensive automatic waterer. 1965 Pop. Mech. Jan. 141/2 Plant waterer regulates itself, will water your plant up to 3 weeks. 1970 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. Oct. 240 The food cups and waterers [for the rats] were replaced with clean containers. 1998 H. M. Malton Down in Dumps xiii. 107 ‘Donna-Lou's been thinking to install some more waterers in the chicken house,’ Otis said. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1500
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