year mann.

Brit.

/ˈjɪə mən/,

/ˈjəː mən/, U.S.

/ˈjɪ(ə)r mən/

Forms: see year n. and man n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: year n., man n.¹

Etymology: < year n. + man n.¹ In sense 2 after Japanese toshiotoko (15th cent.; toshi year + otoko man).

†1. A man who is hired or paid by the year. Obsolete.

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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > hireling > man hired by year

year man1483

1483 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 210 My Lord toke the stward to pay to the yermen for wages as folew.

1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. iv. 7/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The third degree is the Galloglasse, who was first brought in to this land by the Englishmen, and thereof taketh his name. For Galloglas is to saie, an English year man or seruant.

2. In Japan: a man selected to perform an annual ceremony at New Year.

1905 W. G. Aston Shinto xii. 309 This office should properly be discharged by the head of the family, but it is frequently delegated to a servant. The performer is called the toshi-otoko, or year-man.

1913 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough (ed. 3) vi. iii. 144 Whether master or servant, the performer goes by the name of year-man (toshi-otoko), the rite being properly performed on the last day of the year.

1998 F. J. Simoons Plants of Life, Plants of Death ix. 261 Another man specially chosen for the purpose (called year man) spread roasted beans in all main rooms of the palace.

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

单词	year man
释义	year mann. Brit. /ˈjɪə mən/, /ˈjəː mən/, U.S. /ˈjɪ(ə)r mən/ Forms: see year n. and man n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: year n., man n.¹ Etymology: < year n. + man n.¹ In sense 2 after Japanese toshiotoko (15th cent.; toshi year + otoko man). †1. A man who is hired or paid by the year. Obsolete. ΘΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > hireling > man hired by year year man1483 1483 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 210 My Lord toke the stward to pay to the yermen for wages as folew. 1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. iv. 7/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The third degree is the Galloglasse, who was first brought in to this land by the Englishmen, and thereof taketh his name. For Galloglas is to saie, an English year man or seruant. 2. In Japan: a man selected to perform an annual ceremony at New Year. Π 1905 W. G. Aston Shinto xii. 309 This office should properly be discharged by the head of the family, but it is frequently delegated to a servant. The performer is called the toshi-otoko, or year-man. 1913 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough (ed. 3) vi. iii. 144 Whether master or servant, the performer goes by the name of year-man (toshi-otoko), the rite being properly performed on the last day of the year. 1998 F. J. Simoons Plants of Life, Plants of Death ix. 261 Another man specially chosen for the purpose (called year man) spread roasted beans in all main rooms of the palace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1483
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