单词 | catchpole |
释义 | catchpolen.1ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > tax collection > [noun] > tax-collector catchpoleOE publicanc1175 tallagerc1400 leviera1513 vectigal1535 renter?1536 task-gatherer1552 exactor1570 uptaker1576 exacter1596 mise-gatherer1597 taxer1603 tax-taker1610 raiser1611 summonitor1617 summonisterc1625 riding officer1675 zamindar1683 tax-gatherer1693 desai1698 amildar1761 amil1763 collector1772 tax-master1796 tehsildar1799 taxman1803 tax-receiver1830 tax-collector1833 the taxes1874 revenuer1877 revenue1880 levyist1923 T-man1938 OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 50 Exactor, kæcewol [read kæcepol]. a1225 ( Ælfric's Homily In Die Sancto Pentecosten (Lamb. 487) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 97 Matheus þet wes cachepol [OE Royal tollere] þene he iwende to god-spellere. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.ijv Crystofer catchepoll a crystes course gaderer. ?1551 T. Becon Fruitful Treat. Fasting xi. sig. D.viii What vsurar leaueth his vsury?..what catchepole hys extorcion? 2. A bailiff, a sheriff's sergeant, esp. one who collects debts or arrests debtors for non-payment; (also) a petty officer of justice. Now historical and rare. [In early use translating classical Latin lictor.] From the 16th to 19th cent. frequently derogatory. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > official who executes orders of court > bailiff beadlec1000 ridemanlOE cacherela1325 outrider1332 bailiff1377 catchpolea1382 bailiec1386 officer?1387 sheriff's manc1400 attacher1440 messenger1482 tipped staffc1500 servitor1527 bailie-errant1528 processar1534 bum-bailiff1560 tipstaff1570 nut-hook1600 saffo1607 servera1612 bailiff-errant1612 bum-bailey1615 process servera1616 buckle-bosom1622 bumbee1653 exploiter1653 moar1656 bum1659 bummer1675 bumbail1696 bulldog1699 sheriff's officer1703 bum-trap1749 bound-bailiff1768 shelly-coata1774 body snatcher1778 lurcher1785 fool-finder1796 messenger1801 bugaboo1809 borough-bailiff1812 sheriff mair1812 speciality1815 grab1823 legalist1835 candy man1863 writter1882 sheriff1928 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xix. 20 Saul sente cacchepolles [L. lictores] for to taken dauyd. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. l. 46 ‘Cru[ci]fige,’ quod a cacchepolle, ‘I warante hym a wicche!’ Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 58 Cahchpolle, or pety-seriawnte, angarius, exceptor. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 21 The Cachepollys And the mynistris of the Emperour mette with hem. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John vii. f. lvii Their hiered men the catche polles, a curryshe kynde of people, & readye to be hiered to do all vnhappinesse for money. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. B2 Thou wilt be as ready as any catchpoule..to torment him. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. M2v/2 Catchepolle, though now it be vsed as a word of contempt, yet in auncient times, it seemeth to haue bene vsed without reproch. 1688 W. Carr Remarks Govt. Germanie 80 The Custome in England encouraged by those Varlets the Pettyfogers and Catchpoles of turning a man into Prison for a Crowne. 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 100 Our Author..being snapp'd up by two Catchpoles..was, after Examination, sent to Prison. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 137 The catchpole watches the man in debt. 1841 T. B. Macaulay Warren Hastings in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 203 Miserable catchpoles who, with Impey's writs in their hands, exceeded the insolence and rapacity of gang-robbers. 1883 Western Mail (Cardiff) 11 June 3/4 Two minions of the law, vulgarly known as ‘catchpolls’,..were seated on a bench confabulating over pots of beer. 1915 Outlook 28 July 708/2 The creation of a body..of boy police..would be much cheaper.., and all civic bodies should co-operate with the police authorities in controlling and directing the juvenile catchpolls. 2007 J. E. Howard Theater of City ii. 75 Two catchpoles, Sergeant Curtilax and Yeoman Hanger, are summoned to arrest him. Compounds General attributive (appositive) and instrumental (chiefly in sense 2). ΚΠ 1580 A. Saker Narbonus i. 29 The catchpoule caytiffes will quicklie catch thee. 1601 A. Munday Downfall Earle of Huntington sig. B3 Followe him yee catchpole bribed groomes. 1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. xx. 167 Then all the Catchpole Officers were slain. 1680 E. P. Dialogue betwixt Cit & Bumpkin Answered Ep. Ded. sig. bv He had the Conscience of a Pawn-broker, or a Catchpole Serjeant. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 684 Men mere vermin, worthy to be trapp'd..as fast as catchpole claws Can seize the slipp'ry prey. 1790 tr. J.-B.-M.-L. La Reynie de La Bruyère Livre Rouge 134 The most beggarly member of the police,..the most desperate of all the catch-pole tribe. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma 194 His father's catchpoll business in the glorious days of writs and sponging-houses. DerivativesΚΠ 1835 Fraser's Mag. Aug. 171/2 All the duns, bums..and the other accursed components of that diabolical system called ‘Catchpollery’. 1890 J. Payne tr. M. Bandello Novels VI. iii. xlviii. 139 The sergeants of the watch having assailed him to put him in prison, Giovan Battista..clapped his hand to his sword and..put all that catchpolery to flight and rescued the old man. ΚΠ 1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) i. 105 This catchpole-ship of Zaccheus carryed extortion in the face..: yet behold, from this Tole-booth is called..Zaccheus to be a disciple. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > tax collection > [noun] ingetting1546 catchpoling1576 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. vi. f. 57v The fourth parte of the goodes, for their catchpollinge, falleth to them, for their lot and share. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia v. xiii. 380 At the Cadi's Elbow stand several Officers ready to execute his Commands, to whom he pays no Wages, but what they get by Catchpolling. 1781 in Arch. Maryland (1930) XLVII. 5 Having been so well paid for Catchpoleing, that I need not the Emoluments of Pimping. 1835 Figaro in London 2 May 75/1 The Sheriffs Officer..having secured a helpmate..to assist him in his catch-poling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † catchpolev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To arrest or seize (a person) in one's capacity as catchpole (catchpole n.1 2). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (intransitive)] > be arrested > be arrested by a catchpole catchpole1604 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore iv. iii. sig. H2 Cand. Well, well: you haue caught me... Geo. A rescue Prentises, my maister's catch-pold. 1663 E. Waterhouse tr. H. Spelman in Fortescutus Illustratus xxiv. 323 That sort of Bayliffs, that while they torture and catchpole men, do so dishonour the Name of Bayliff. 1679 J. Ketch Man of Destiny's Hard Fortune 4 After these and a thousand other meritorious Atchievments, shall the famous..Squire Ketch..now tamely be Catch-pol'd, Nabb'd, spirited, Shoulder-dabb'd? 1688 Head's Eng. Rogue (new ed.) i. v. 51 Those that had thus Catchpol'd him, finding their mistake, only took away his Suit, and turned him a-drift in his Shirt and Drawers. 2. transitive. To subject to the influence or control of a catchpole (catchpole n.1 2 ).Apparently an isolated coinage. In quot. in a play on words in which devil catchpol'd is contrasted with catchpole bedevil'd. ΚΠ 1667 R. L'Estrange tr. F. de Quevedo Visions i. 2 This is not a man possest with a Devil, but a Devil possest with a man;..and therefore to speak properly, you are to say, This is a Devil Catchpol'd, and not a Catchpole bedevil'd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1OEv.1604 |
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