yokern.

Brit.

/ˈjəʊkə/, U.S.

/ˈjoʊkər/

Forms: see yoke v.¹ and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: yoke v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < yoke v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

A person who or (occasionally) a thing which yokes (in various senses of the verb); esp. a person who puts a yoke on a draught animal, or who restrains an animal with a neck yoke.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > yoke > one who yokes

yoker1483

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > fact or act of being coupled or coupling together > one who couples or yokes together

coupler1552

matcher1682

yoker1731

1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 427/1 A ȝoker, iugator.

1648 S. Marshall Thanksgiving Serm. 17 In his due time, hee will breake all those yokes, and the yokers together, all such as put them upon his peoples necks, they & their yokes shall all perish.

1731 A. Hill Advice to Poets Ep. Ded. p. v How little is it suspected, by Thousands,..that a Poet is no Yoker of Sounds, or idle Assayer of Syllables.

1771 K. Prescot Mildenhall 21 Myriads of yokers people through the fields.

1807 Crit. Rev. 3rd Ser. Apr. 418 The yoker of horses was a person by no means despicable.

1898 G. M. Smith et al. Hist. & Civil Govt. of S. Dakota ii. ix. 119 A simple list of the subordinate officers appointed by them; viz., hog-reeves, water-bailiffs, cow-keepers, fence-viewers, town-drummers..ringers and yokers of swine, [etc.].

1913 J. R. Harris Boanerges xxxvii. 341 Since Jason is alone, another pair of twin yokers will come to his assistance.

1973 New York 3 Sept. 58/1 That great yoker of ambiguities and reconciler of antitheses—poetry.

2002 R. Godbeer Sexual Revol. in Early Amer. iii. vii. 257 Ballard's neighbors must have appreciated the irony of his election as a yoker of stray animals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	yoker
释义	yokern. Brit. /ˈjəʊkə/, U.S. /ˈjoʊkər/ Forms: see yoke v.¹ and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: yoke v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < yoke v.¹ + -er suffix¹. A person who or (occasionally) a thing which yokes (in various senses of the verb); esp. a person who puts a yoke on a draught animal, or who restrains an animal with a neck yoke. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > yoke > one who yokes yoker1483 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > fact or act of being coupled or coupling together > one who couples or yokes together coupler1552 matcher1682 yoker1731 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 427/1 A ȝoker, iugator. 1648 S. Marshall Thanksgiving Serm. 17 In his due time, hee will breake all those yokes, and the yokers together, all such as put them upon his peoples necks, they & their yokes shall all perish. 1731 A. Hill Advice to Poets Ep. Ded. p. v How little is it suspected, by Thousands,..that a Poet is no Yoker of Sounds, or idle Assayer of Syllables. 1771 K. Prescot Mildenhall 21 Myriads of yokers people through the fields. 1807 Crit. Rev. 3rd Ser. Apr. 418 The yoker of horses was a person by no means despicable. 1898 G. M. Smith et al. Hist. & Civil Govt. of S. Dakota ii. ix. 119 A simple list of the subordinate officers appointed by them; viz., hog-reeves, water-bailiffs, cow-keepers, fence-viewers, town-drummers..ringers and yokers of swine, [etc.]. 1913 J. R. Harris Boanerges xxxvii. 341 Since Jason is alone, another pair of twin yokers will come to his assistance. 1973 New York 3 Sept. 58/1 That great yoker of ambiguities and reconciler of antitheses—poetry. 2002 R. Godbeer Sexual Revol. in Early Amer. iii. vii. 257 Ballard's neighbors must have appreciated the irony of his election as a yoker of stray animals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1483
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