widowmakern.

Brit.

/ˈwɪdəʊmeɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈwɪdoʊˌmeɪkər/

Forms: see widow n. and maker n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: widow n., maker n.

Etymology: < widow n. + maker n.

1. (A name or nickname for) a person who or thing which kills, or is associated with killing or causing fatalities.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killer > [noun]

baneOE

quelmerOE

quellerOE

murderer1340

slaughtermana1350

slayerc1380

killer1535

dispatcher1549

executioner1597

slaughterer?1611

widowmakera1616

mactator1656

zapper1969

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. ii. 17 It grieues my soule, That I must draw this mettle from my side To be a widdow-maker .

a1794 C. Pigott Polit. Dict. (1795) 171 Widow-maker, a crowned man whom I could name, is Grand Widow-maker to Europe!

1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 12 Habitual sitting to drink is the ‘besetting sin’ of Englishmen—..the widow-maker of their wives.

1864 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 13 Sept. The traitors of the South and their allies and sympathisers..are the widow-makers.

1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 67 What is a woman that you forsake her,..To go with the old grey Widow-maker [sc. the sea]?

1950 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 508/2 The drill became known as the ‘widow maker’ and miners refused to use it.

1998 Esquire Dec. 101/2 Your left anterior descending artery, the one cardiac surgeons playfully call the widow-maker, is 99 percent blocked.

2011 Observer (Nexis) 23 Jan. (Mag.) 62 Historically it [sc. ash] was always the wood used to make spears and arrows, hence its nickname of ‘widowmaker’.

2. (A name or nickname for) a weapon or piece of military equipment used to kill people, or considered to be particularly effective at killing.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [noun] > a particular species of weapon

widowmaker1798

arms1843

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > portable mortars and rocket-launchers

rocket gun1827

widowmaker1855

stovepipe1920

bazooka1943

Stalin organ1955

1798 C. Smith Day at Rome i. ii. 8 They nicknamed me the Salamander, because I lived in the midst of fire; and called my sword the Widow-maker.

1854 New Monthly Mag. Aug. 496 When a boy, he was sent with a cart-load of arrows..to the camp at Flodden, the thoughtless boy carelessly whistling, reckless of the widow-makers that he brought.

1855 Athenæum 29 Sept. 1118/2 One imperial gunner sleeps on the carriage of a mortar, the widow maker being his bed, pillow, sofa, everything.

1976 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 13 Feb. 4/4 They opened up with automatic rifle fire..and a ‘widow-maker’—a grenade launcher.

1996 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 17 Oct. 6 Machine guns like the Kalashnikov—also favoured by assassins and dubbed ‘widowmakers’ in Northern Ireland—are already illegal.

2012 Sun (Nexis) 8 July 39 The ninja terrorists are..filmed blasting AK-47 assault rifles—nicknamed the ‘Widowmaker’.

3. North American. A dead or broken branch caught precariously in a tree, which may fall and injure a person below.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > instance or cause of > imminent > specifically a dead branch about to fall

widowmaker1899

1899 H. B. Whipple Lights & Shadows Long Episcopate xxi. 246 The shout, ‘Look out for the widow-makers,’ as the tree falls, leaving broken limbs (the widow-makers) suspended from the next tree.

1945 M. H. Allee Smoke Jumper iv. 47 He remembered the Kid's caution about widow-makers, limbs falling from high overhead.

2006 Northern Woodlands Autumn 57/2 Three dead elms..were close enough to shed widowmakers on unwitting husbands.

4. Originally and chiefly Military slang. (A nickname for) any of several military bombers or attack aircraft regarded as having a poor safety record or high accident rate among pilots.Particularly associated with the Martin B-26 Marauder and the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > fighter > of specific manufacture

Spad1917

Messerschmitt1938

Spit1941

widowmaker1944

MiG1953

1944 Times of India 26 Apr. 4/3 The Marauder had got a bad name... Training-field crashes encouraged students to describe it as ‘The Widow Maker’.

1966 N.Y. Times 25 Mar. 16/2 Franz Josef Strauss, who as Minister of Defense in 1958 gave the order to buy the Starfighter, said that the single-seater should not be called a ‘widow-maker’.

1987 Toronto Star 28 Mar. g14 The soft-spoken pilot vividly remembers the day he had to eject from an out-of-control CF-104, which became known as the Widow Maker for its numerous crashes.

2009 Act U.S. Congr. 123 Stat. 614 §1 In October 1943, male pilots were refusing to fly the B-26 Martin Marauder (known as the ‘Widowmaker’) because of its fatality records.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	widowmaker
释义	widowmakern. Brit. /ˈwɪdəʊmeɪkə/, U.S. /ˈwɪdoʊˌmeɪkər/ Forms: see widow n. and maker n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: widow n., maker n. Etymology: < widow n. + maker n. 1. (A name or nickname for) a person who or thing which kills, or is associated with killing or causing fatalities. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killer > [noun] baneOE quelmerOE quellerOE murderer1340 slaughtermana1350 slayerc1380 killer1535 dispatcher1549 executioner1597 slaughterer?1611 widowmakera1616 mactator1656 zapper1969 a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. ii. 17 It grieues my soule, That I must draw this mettle from my side To be a widdow-maker . View more context for this quotation a1794 C. Pigott Polit. Dict. (1795) 171 Widow-maker, a crowned man whom I could name, is Grand Widow-maker to Europe! 1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 12 Habitual sitting to drink is the ‘besetting sin’ of Englishmen—..the widow-maker of their wives. 1864 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 13 Sept. The traitors of the South and their allies and sympathisers..are the widow-makers. 1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 67 What is a woman that you forsake her,..To go with the old grey Widow-maker [sc. the sea]? 1950 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 508/2 The drill became known as the ‘widow maker’ and miners refused to use it. 1998 Esquire Dec. 101/2 Your left anterior descending artery, the one cardiac surgeons playfully call the widow-maker, is 99 percent blocked. 2011 Observer (Nexis) 23 Jan. (Mag.) 62 Historically it [sc. ash] was always the wood used to make spears and arrows, hence its nickname of ‘widowmaker’. 2. (A name or nickname for) a weapon or piece of military equipment used to kill people, or considered to be particularly effective at killing. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [noun] > a particular species of weapon widowmaker1798 arms1843 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > portable mortars and rocket-launchers rocket gun1827 widowmaker1855 stovepipe1920 bazooka1943 Stalin organ1955 1798 C. Smith Day at Rome i. ii. 8 They nicknamed me the Salamander, because I lived in the midst of fire; and called my sword the Widow-maker. 1854 New Monthly Mag. Aug. 496 When a boy, he was sent with a cart-load of arrows..to the camp at Flodden, the thoughtless boy carelessly whistling, reckless of the widow-makers that he brought. 1855 Athenæum 29 Sept. 1118/2 One imperial gunner sleeps on the carriage of a mortar, the widow maker being his bed, pillow, sofa, everything. 1976 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 13 Feb. 4/4 They opened up with automatic rifle fire..and a ‘widow-maker’—a grenade launcher. 1996 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 17 Oct. 6 Machine guns like the Kalashnikov—also favoured by assassins and dubbed ‘widowmakers’ in Northern Ireland—are already illegal. 2012 Sun (Nexis) 8 July 39 The ninja terrorists are..filmed blasting AK-47 assault rifles—nicknamed the ‘Widowmaker’. 3. North American. A dead or broken branch caught precariously in a tree, which may fall and injure a person below. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > instance or cause of > imminent > specifically a dead branch about to fall widowmaker1899 1899 H. B. Whipple Lights & Shadows Long Episcopate xxi. 246 The shout, ‘Look out for the widow-makers,’ as the tree falls, leaving broken limbs (the widow-makers) suspended from the next tree. 1945 M. H. Allee Smoke Jumper iv. 47 He remembered the Kid's caution about widow-makers, limbs falling from high overhead. 2006 Northern Woodlands Autumn 57/2 Three dead elms..were close enough to shed widowmakers on unwitting husbands. 4. Originally and chiefly Military slang. (A nickname for) any of several military bombers or attack aircraft regarded as having a poor safety record or high accident rate among pilots.Particularly associated with the Martin B-26 Marauder and the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > fighter > of specific manufacture Spad1917 Messerschmitt1938 Spit1941 widowmaker1944 MiG1953 1944 Times of India 26 Apr. 4/3 The Marauder had got a bad name... Training-field crashes encouraged students to describe it as ‘The Widow Maker’. 1966 N.Y. Times 25 Mar. 16/2 Franz Josef Strauss, who as Minister of Defense in 1958 gave the order to buy the Starfighter, said that the single-seater should not be called a ‘widow-maker’. 1987 Toronto Star 28 Mar. g14 The soft-spoken pilot vividly remembers the day he had to eject from an out-of-control CF-104, which became known as the Widow Maker for its numerous crashes. 2009 Act U.S. Congr. 123 Stat. 614 §1 In October 1943, male pilots were refusing to fly the B-26 Martin Marauder (known as the ‘Widowmaker’) because of its fatality records. 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