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ˈidleman rare.
One who has no occupation; † formerly, in Ireland, a ‘gentleman’, as opposed to a working-man.
1331in Rymer Fœdera (1821) II. ii. 812/2 Item quod nullus..ducat Kernes, nec gentes vocatas Idelmen. 1428Waterford Arch. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 295 Whatt ever man..arreste ony ydelman for ony trespasse done upon forayne grounde..shal pay to the commynes xxti. li. 1683Tryon Way to Health 511 There are another sort of things called Idle-men or Gentle-men (but nothing gentle do we find from them). 1832Carlyle Misc., Corn-Law Rhymes (1857) III. 164 A man, Workman or Idleman. |