| 单词 | yeoman waiter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyeoman waiter b. A warder of the Tower of London. More fully yeoman waiter. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > warder of Tower of London Extraordinary Yeoman1485 waiter1551 warder1679–88 beefeater1864 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Nviijv Yeomen of the gard, and all other waiters. 1592 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) 6/2 [Ralph Smythe] one of your highness ordinary yeomen waiters. c1600 in Peck Desid. Curiosa (1732) I. ii. 16 The Towre..Yeoman Waighters or Warders. yeoman waiter yeoman waiter n. Π ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. liii There was..as many good housholdes kept, & as many yomen wayters therin as be nowe. 1526 Eltham Ordinances in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 152 The yeoman ushers and yeoman wayters for that day. < as lemmas |
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