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recruiter|rɪˈkruːtə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
1. An additional member of Parliament, appointed or elected to bring up the number. Obs. exc. Hist.
1648Heylin Relat. & Observ. i. 166 A List of the Names of the Members of the House of Commons... Note, Reader, that such as have this mark [*]..are Recruiters; illegally elected. a1695Wood Life (O.H.S.) I. 477 He was chosen a recruiter for that long parliament which began 8 May 1661. 1893S. R. Gardiner Hist. Civil War III. xl. 77 Not far short of 150 new members had been chosen, and these Recruiters, as they were called, counted amongst them men like Ireton and Fleetwood. 1954Brunton & Pennington Members of Long Parl. i. 2 The constituency concerned was short of a member until the election of the ‘Recruiters’—that is, the members elected from 1645 onwards.
2. One who or that which recruits; esp. one who seeks or enlists soldiers, employees, etc., as recruits.
1760R. Rogers Jrnls. (1883) 153 These three recruiters I do not doubt will bring good men enough to complete us here. 1799Ann. Reg. 118 Tried and punished..as spies and recruiters for hostile powers. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1818) II. xvii. 95 You may stop the emigration.., if you can arrest the first recruiter. 1878Seeley Stein III. 393 Many innocent lads too are seduced by those recruiters. 1890World 13 Aug. 36/2 Recruiters of flagging energies. 1899A. Conan Doyle Duet 301 Frederick William, the half-mad recruiter of the big Potsdam grenadiers. 1944Living off Land viii. 159 The recruiter takes them to District Headquarters. 1970Wall St. Jrnl. 30 Mar. 1/1 One reason for the recent increase in executive recruiters seems to be their value in haggling over perks. 1977Graduate 9 Dec. 15/3 It is also, incidentally, the recruiter's intention to deal with all applicants in an efficient and courteous manner. |