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ˈlivery-man, ˈliveryman
1. A liveried retainer or servant. ? Obs.
1693Lond. Gaz. No. 2877/1 After them Sir William's own Livery-men, to the number of 12, all with their Hats off. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. 340 Some inferiour officer or livery-man of the train. 1821Scott Kenilw. vii, Officers of the Earl's household, liverymen, and retainers, went and came.
b. (See quot.) ? Obs.
1743Zollman in Phil. Trans. XLII. 458 Those [Caterpillars] to which Gardeners have given the Name of Livery⁓men, by reason of the Distribution of their Colours.
2. A freeman of the City of London who is entitled to wear the ‘livery’ of the company to which he belongs, and to exercise other privileges.
1682Enq. Elect. Sheriffs 21 In the Case of my Lord Mayors imposing a Sheriff upon the City, without the concurrence of the Livery-men. c1710C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 241 All freemen or Liverymen of this city hath a Right to Choose their sherriffs. 1773Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 149 The lord mayor, at the request of a numerous body of liverymen, having summoned a common-hall. 1861Evening Star 4 Oct., He is a Liveryman—and a member of one of the twelve great companies. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. III. xx. 416 The franchise was formally transferred to the livery⁓men of the companies.
3. A keeper of or attendant at a livery-stable.
1841Lytton Nt. & Morn. (1851) 103 Come off, clumsy! you can't manage that 'ere fine animal’, cried the livery man. 1853G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 135 We had a slight altercation with the livery-man,..who wished to charge us for more days than our ponies had been in pupilage. |