单词 | cardholder |
释义 | cardholdern.ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > card-player > person holding cards for player cardholder1600 1600 Ld. Willoughby Let. 22 Sept. in Cal. Border Papers 1595-1603 (1896) II. 689 He..is rather desirous to sytt out, then to be a carde holder of soe doubtfull a game, wher he ymagyneth he should please neyther partie. 1603 F. Bacon Let. 19 Mar. in J. Spedding Lett. & Life Bacon (1868) (modernized text) III. ii. 57 We card-holders have nothing to do but keep close our cards and to do as we are bidden. 1650 A. Weldon Court & Char. King James 111 To morrow comes Thom. Munson to his tryall; yea, said the Kings Card-holder..; this so run in the Kings mind, as the next game, he said hee was sleepy. 1659 F. Osborne Deductions Hist. Essex in Misc. Sundry Ess. 224 With what Circumspection Princes ought to play their Game, since Counsellors, their Card-holders, are not seldom Cheaters. 1854 Huddersfield Chron. 9 Dec. 7/4 Over went tub, cards, and coppers, the candle was quashed, and each card-holder dropped his gambling apparatus. 2. Any of various items, devices, or components designed to hold a card or cards (in various senses of card n.2), in later use esp. a small wallet designed to hold credit cards, membership cards, travel cards, etc. (cf. card carrier n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > case or container > [noun] > for other specific articles stone-case1664 pewter-case1679 notecase1805 cardholder1821 umbrella-case1850 button holder1864 card carrier1901 jewel case1986 1821 G. W. de Renzy Enchiridion 18 The vice, along with the ball and socket, enables me to place my card-holder in such a manner as to enable me to play my cards with as much celerity as my partner. 1850 Farmer & Mechanic 25 Apr. 199 A beautiful watch stand and card-holder of the most elegant design and richly ornamental. 1894 Publishers' Weekly 3 Feb. 265 (advt.) The Rudolph Indexer Case consists of a series of card-holders placed on their edges in a drawer. 1925 Financial Times 27 Apr. 9/4 The national ‘Safety First’ Association has just devised a reminder for use on the car...It consists of a varnished metal card-holder lettered in gold, red, black and white. 1993 G. F. Newman Law & Order (rev. ed.) 367 To the right of each door, fixed to the shiny-painted green and cream wall, was a cardholder with the cell card of each prisoner. 2016 Daily Tel. 14 Dec. 22/4 This bright little cardholder will be easy to find in roomy bags. 3. a. A person who has a membership card, a member; a person registered as a member of a specified organization, in later use frequently a political party, esp. a socialist or communist one. Cf. card carrier n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [noun] > member > other types of member fellowc1405 entrant1560 redemptionary1583 honorary1675 confrere1753 constituent1755 corresponding member1772 new (also fresh) blood1782 life member1813 young blood1830 old guard1841 cardholder1869 hardcore1922 fully paid-up member1960 teleocrat1971 1869 5th Ann. Rep. Trustees Holton Libr. Brighton 44 Card-holders have also the privilege of reading at the hall any volume on the shelves. 1923 Manawatu (N.Z.) Standard 17 Mar. 5/4 The card-holder may bring a partner on each occasion. 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Cardholder, a person who has a card issued by a library entitling him to borrow books. 1946 Life 29 July 84/2 In 1934 the party claimed 25,000 cardholders. 1992 J. Friedman & J. Meehan House of Cards 59 To me, a cardholder was a Communist, as in a card-carrying Communist. b. A person who has a credit card, debit card, or charge card. Cf. card n.2 19. ΚΠ 1957 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune 23 Jan. (Final Home ed.) ii. 16/4 A card-holder may charge a call from any part of the United States. 1970 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 17/3 Individual card holders may find their credit ceiling upgraded and find Barclaycard less pressing in asking them to pay their bills in future. 2019 Daily Express 13 Sept. 51/5 As with the existing facility in shops, there will be no charge to cardholders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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