working partyn.

Brit.

/ˈwəːkɪŋ ˌpɑːti/, U.S.

/ˈwərkɪŋ ˌpɑrdi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: working n., working adj., party n.

Etymology: < either working n. or working adj. + party n.

a. Military. A detachment of troops assigned to a particular task outside ordinary duties.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun]

conreyc1330

partyc1330

stalec1350

stuff1412

crew1455

working party1744

draft1756

draught1780

commando1791

detail1862

otriad1916

taskforce1927

stick1953

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > other types of association, society, or organization

invisible college1647

rota1660

working party1744

free association1761

working committee1821

Ethical Society1822

bar association1824

league1846

congress1870

tiger1874

cult1875

Daughters of the American Revolution1890

community group1892

housing association1898

working party1902

development agency1910

affinity group1915

propaganda machine1916

funding body1922

collective1925

Ku-Klux1930

network1946

NGO1946

production brigade1950

umbrella organization1950

plantation1956

think-tank1958

think group1961

team1990

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > working party

working party1744

party1805

working party1821

work party1823

society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > group of workers > doing work of mutual or social benefit > women

working party1744

working party1783

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > committee > other types of committee

committee1571

council of war1590

special committee1606

standing committeea1632

Committee of Safety1642

working party1744

finance committee1783

Board (also Court) of county commissioners1806

business committee1825

national committee1826

watch committee1835

working group1888

Central Committee1917

action committee1918

action group1927

ombuds-committee1964

PESC1969

1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop 204 I mounted Guard as Sergeant upon a working Party, and took them to a Mine, in order to work at a Sap.

1776 G. Washington Gen. Orders 23 Mar. in Writings (1931) IV. 421 A Field Officer, with all the men off-duty.., to march at Sun-Rise to morrow Morning to Charles-Town point as a working party.

1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 162 The men who undertake a surprise may be divided into four parties: 1st, the guides and interpreters; 2d, the combatants; 3d, the troops to cover the retreat; 4th, the working party.

1871 G. J. Wolseley Soldier's Pocket-bk. (rev. ed.) iii. 263 All working parties should enter that alignment on the same flank of their portion of the work.

1916 D. Haig Diary 21 Sept. in War Diaries (2005) 151 Steady fire will be kept up on the Enemy's communication trenches..to stop his..working parties from repairing the damage done by our guns during the day.

1996 S. P. Rosen Soc. & Mil. Power v. 189 The EIC would..send out working parties to clear jungle for two or three miles.

2013 Northern Echo (Nexis) 16 Feb. 4 Mr Kennedy once crawled to a working party putting up wire in front of their trench.

b. A group of prisoners engaged in outdoor manual work, esp. outside the perimeter of the prison.

ΘΠ

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > working party

working party1744

party1805

working party1821

work party1823

1821 Investig. Ilchester Gaol into Conduct W. Bridle 19/2 Did the men continue to work in double irons afterwards? Yes; there was one of the working party called Hardy, who complained of a violent cold, and had two flannel shirts.

1871 W. Knox Overland through Asia (new ed.) xxxvii. 421 The working party at Koultoukskoi, the western end of the road, disarmed its guard by a sudden and bloodless attack.

1900 Minutes of Evid. Departmental Comm. Sc. Prisons 143/2 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 219) XLII. 119 We promised to build that harbour at Peterhead by convicts, but..we have not altogether so many as we promised to send in as a working party.

1934 Washington Post 18 Sept. 3/5 Four long-term convicts overpowered a foreman, temporarily acting as a guard over a working party on the Pendleton Road.

1963 T. Parker Unknown Citizen v. 136 Charlie was out of the prison that day, on a working party at a farm some miles away.

2010 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 30 Mar. Phillip Austin had been in Rimutaka Prison for nearly a year when he fled a working party on October 20, 2008.

2. A group of people, esp. women, who meet to do voluntary or charitable work, typically in the form of sewing or knitting; (also) a meeting for this purpose. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > group of workers > doing work of mutual or social benefit > women

working party1744

working party1783

1783 C. Reeve Two Mentors I. viii. 27 The ladies make working parties, or sometimes musical ones.

1809 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 377/2 It was a working party..for the benefit of distressed married women.

1876 C. M. Yonge Three Brides I. viii. 127 Cecil had offered to take Anne to see the working party, and let her assist thereat.

1900 C. M. Yonge Mod. Broods vii. 72 The parish room, where the ladies were to hold a working party for the missions.

1940 B. Johnston Let. 12 Oct. (1998) 250 If any of your working parties are making woollen gloves or mittens or pullovers or scarves I'd love some for my platoon.

1981 E. Longford Queen Mother v. 82 The Queen and her working party met twice a week to make surgical dressings and comforters for the troops.

2013 R. Seton Western Daughters in Eastern Lands iv. 92 Throughout the 19th and into the 20th centuries, groups of women continued to meet regularly in working parties to make garments or accessories to be sold in support of missionary work.

3. A committee or group appointed by a government body or other organization to investigate and report on a particular subject and to make recommendations based on its findings.

ΘΠ

invisible college1647

rota1660

working party1744

free association1761

working committee1821

Ethical Society1822

bar association1824

league1846

congress1870

tiger1874

cult1875

Daughters of the American Revolution1890

community group1892

housing association1898

working party1902

development agency1910

affinity group1915

propaganda machine1916

funding body1922

collective1925

Ku-Klux1930

network1946

NGO1946

production brigade1950

umbrella organization1950

plantation1956

think-tank1958

think group1961

team1990

1902 W. Wyman Let. 25 Apr. in Yellow Fever Inst. Bull. (U.S. Treasury Dept.) (1903) Mar. 6 Sir: You are hereby relieved from duty in the hygienic laboratory and appointed chairman of a working party of medical officers for the purpose of making scientific investigations of yellow fever, malarial fever, and dengue.

1946 Times 10 Jan. 2/3 The ‘working party’ is a device for securing the best possible guidance on the policies that should be adopted to bring an industry to the highest pitch of efficiency under private enterprise.

1948 Hansard Commons 8 Mar. (Written Answers) 112 The Working Party on the Turn-Round of Shipping was set up to examine the causes of delay... Teams from the Working Party have visited the major ports.

1982 Church Times 12 Nov. 1/3 The General Synod's Board of Education has set up a working party on independent schools which will look at the Independent sector in education ‘from a Christian perspective’.

1991 Young People Now 22 Feb. 34/1 Solihull..has frozen posts pending a working party review of the service.

2008 S. Cook Essent. Guide to Employee Engagement viii. 178 The CEO..set up working parties to come up with ways to address these issues.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	working party
释义	working partyn. Brit. /ˈwəːkɪŋ ˌpɑːti/, U.S. /ˈwərkɪŋ ˌpɑrdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: working n., working adj., party n. Etymology: < either working n. or working adj. + party n. 1. a. Military. A detachment of troops assigned to a particular task outside ordinary duties. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] conreyc1330 partyc1330 stalec1350 stuff1412 crew1455 working party1744 draft1756 draught1780 commando1791 detail1862 otriad1916 taskforce1927 stick1953 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > other types of association, society, or organization invisible college1647 rota1660 working party1744 free association1761 working committee1821 Ethical Society1822 bar association1824 league1846 congress1870 tiger1874 cult1875 Daughters of the American Revolution1890 community group1892 housing association1898 working party1902 development agency1910 affinity group1915 propaganda machine1916 funding body1922 collective1925 Ku-Klux1930 network1946 NGO1946 production brigade1950 umbrella organization1950 plantation1956 think-tank1958 think group1961 team1990 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > working party working party1744 party1805 working party1821 work party1823 society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > group of workers > doing work of mutual or social benefit > women working party1744 working party1783 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > committee > other types of committee committee1571 council of war1590 special committee1606 standing committeea1632 Committee of Safety1642 working party1744 finance committee1783 Board (also Court) of county commissioners1806 business committee1825 national committee1826 watch committee1835 working group1888 Central Committee1917 action committee1918 action group1927 ombuds-committee1964 PESC1969 1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop 204 I mounted Guard as Sergeant upon a working Party, and took them to a Mine, in order to work at a Sap. 1776 G. Washington Gen. Orders 23 Mar. in Writings (1931) IV. 421 A Field Officer, with all the men off-duty.., to march at Sun-Rise to morrow Morning to Charles-Town point as a working party. 1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 162 The men who undertake a surprise may be divided into four parties: 1st, the guides and interpreters; 2d, the combatants; 3d, the troops to cover the retreat; 4th, the working party. 1871 G. J. Wolseley Soldier's Pocket-bk. (rev. ed.) iii. 263 All working parties should enter that alignment on the same flank of their portion of the work. 1916 D. Haig Diary 21 Sept. in War Diaries (2005) 151 Steady fire will be kept up on the Enemy's communication trenches..to stop his..working parties from repairing the damage done by our guns during the day. 1996 S. P. Rosen Soc. & Mil. Power v. 189 The EIC would..send out working parties to clear jungle for two or three miles. 2013 Northern Echo (Nexis) 16 Feb. 4 Mr Kennedy once crawled to a working party putting up wire in front of their trench. b. A group of prisoners engaged in outdoor manual work, esp. outside the perimeter of the prison. ΘΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > working party working party1744 party1805 working party1821 work party1823 1821 Investig. Ilchester Gaol into Conduct W. Bridle 19/2 Did the men continue to work in double irons afterwards? Yes; there was one of the working party called Hardy, who complained of a violent cold, and had two flannel shirts. 1871 W. Knox Overland through Asia (new ed.) xxxvii. 421 The working party at Koultoukskoi, the western end of the road, disarmed its guard by a sudden and bloodless attack. 1900 Minutes of Evid. Departmental Comm. Sc. Prisons 143/2 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 219) XLII. 119 We promised to build that harbour at Peterhead by convicts, but..we have not altogether so many as we promised to send in as a working party. 1934 Washington Post 18 Sept. 3/5 Four long-term convicts overpowered a foreman, temporarily acting as a guard over a working party on the Pendleton Road. 1963 T. Parker Unknown Citizen v. 136 Charlie was out of the prison that day, on a working party at a farm some miles away. 2010 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 30 Mar. Phillip Austin had been in Rimutaka Prison for nearly a year when he fled a working party on October 20, 2008. 2. A group of people, esp. women, who meet to do voluntary or charitable work, typically in the form of sewing or knitting; (also) a meeting for this purpose. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > group of workers > doing work of mutual or social benefit > women working party1744 working party1783 1783 C. Reeve Two Mentors I. viii. 27 The ladies make working parties, or sometimes musical ones. 1809 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 377/2 It was a working party..for the benefit of distressed married women. 1876 C. M. Yonge Three Brides I. viii. 127 Cecil had offered to take Anne to see the working party, and let her assist thereat. 1900 C. M. Yonge Mod. Broods vii. 72 The parish room, where the ladies were to hold a working party for the missions. 1940 B. Johnston Let. 12 Oct. (1998) 250 If any of your working parties are making woollen gloves or mittens or pullovers or scarves I'd love some for my platoon. 1981 E. Longford Queen Mother v. 82 The Queen and her working party met twice a week to make surgical dressings and comforters for the troops. 2013 R. Seton Western Daughters in Eastern Lands iv. 92 Throughout the 19th and into the 20th centuries, groups of women continued to meet regularly in working parties to make garments or accessories to be sold in support of missionary work. 3. A committee or group appointed by a government body or other organization to investigate and report on a particular subject and to make recommendations based on its findings. ΘΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > other types of association, society, or organization invisible college1647 rota1660 working party1744 free association1761 working committee1821 Ethical Society1822 bar association1824 league1846 congress1870 tiger1874 cult1875 Daughters of the American Revolution1890 community group1892 housing association1898 working party1902 development agency1910 affinity group1915 propaganda machine1916 funding body1922 collective1925 Ku-Klux1930 network1946 NGO1946 production brigade1950 umbrella organization1950 plantation1956 think-tank1958 think group1961 team1990 1902 W. Wyman Let. 25 Apr. in Yellow Fever Inst. Bull. (U.S. Treasury Dept.) (1903) Mar. 6 Sir: You are hereby relieved from duty in the hygienic laboratory and appointed chairman of a working party of medical officers for the purpose of making scientific investigations of yellow fever, malarial fever, and dengue. 1946 Times 10 Jan. 2/3 The ‘working party’ is a device for securing the best possible guidance on the policies that should be adopted to bring an industry to the highest pitch of efficiency under private enterprise. 1948 Hansard Commons 8 Mar. (Written Answers) 112 The Working Party on the Turn-Round of Shipping was set up to examine the causes of delay... Teams from the Working Party have visited the major ports. 1982 Church Times 12 Nov. 1/3 The General Synod's Board of Education has set up a working party on independent schools which will look at the Independent sector in education ‘from a Christian perspective’. 1991 Young People Now 22 Feb. 34/1 Solihull..has frozen posts pending a working party review of the service. 2008 S. Cook Essent. Guide to Employee Engagement viii. 178 The CEO..set up working parties to come up with ways to address these issues. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1744
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