释义 |
thirdsman|ˈθɜːdzmən| A third person or party; esp. one called in as an intermediary, mediator, or arbiter.
1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxiv, There was risk of Andro Ferrara coming in thirdsman. Ibid. xlviii, If I come in thirdsman among you at the kirk-sessions, you will be all in a tamn'd pad posture indeed. 1887Saintsbury Hist. Elizab. Lit. x. (1890) 386 Herrick and Carew..with Crashaw as a great thirdsman, called themselves ‘sons’ of Ben Jonson. |