单词 | caravanner |
释义 | caravannern.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > outsider outsider1836 caravanner1838 rank outsider1869 stiff one1871 stiffa1890 roughie1908 no-hoper1943 1838 New Sporting Mag. Jan. 338 The usual ten sovereigns handicap followed, over the Ab. M. course, and brought of a field of twelve; two of which were ‘caravaners’ (Seth and Redcar). 1849 N.Y. Times 7 Apr. 80/3 Nent, the chestnut caravanner, Dares the Northern mare to win. 2. A member of an itinerant company of merchants or traders who travel together in Asia or northern Africa; the leader of such a company. Cf. caravaneer n., caravan n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > a company of travellers > in Africa or the East > one in charge of caravaneer1718 caravanner1884 1884 Times 20 Aug. 2/4 After 1879 the caravaners had to solicit sale from the company and accept one-fifth the price they used to receive. 1929 Daily Tel. 22 Jan. 11/3 There is little doubt that information which caravanners gave me yesterday has now reached Kabul. 1995 J. L. A. Webb Desert Frontier iii. 64 Sidi Hamet, a caravanner with considerable experience in the early nineteenth-century trade. 2001 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Feb. a12/1 Nowadays the salt miners typically sell a 30-pound chunk of salt for about 50 cents to the caravaners, or more often barter for the millet the caravaners bring from below the Sahara to this region. 3. A person who lives, travels, or spends holidays in a caravan.In quot. 1892: a politician travelling in a caravan in order to canvass support. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > dweller in caravan caravanner1892 trailerite1940 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > traveller in a caravan caravanist1887 caravaneer1888 caravanner1892 trailerite1940 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 May 1/3 (headline) An interview with a political ‘caravanner’. 1914 J. H. Stone Caravanning & Camping-out xxiii. 229 I most strongly advise any caravanner, or camper, who has not yet learned to use a ‘Primus’ to lose no time in doing so. 1958 Economist 25 Oct. 310/2 The council must have known that once evicted the caravanners had no hope of finding another pitch. 2006 Guardian 4 July (G2 section) 26/2 The counter-cry from caravanners is that they tend to holiday within the UK and, therefore, don't need polluting flights abroad. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1838 |
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