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▪ I. circuiteer, n.|sɜːkɪˈtɪə(r)|
[f. circuit n. + -eer1.]
1. spec. A judge or barrister on circuit.
a1734North Lives I. 96 Here we drop our circuiteer; which character lasted till his lordship was made..solicitor general. 1810Ld. Campbell in Life I. 244 The Oxford circuiteers are accomplished gentlemen, but no lawyers.
2. gen. One who makes a circuit.
1718Pope Lett. Mr. ― on the Circuit 17 Sept., Like your fellow Circuiteer, the Sun, you travel the round of the earth.
▪ II. † circuiteer, v. Obs.|sɜːkɪˈtɪə(r)|
[f. prec.]
To go on circuit. Hence circuiteering vbl. n. and ppl. a.
a1734North Lives I. 277 To return to his lordship and his circuiteering. 1771–2Batchelor (1773) II. 60 He is..something like my grey circuiteering horse, the worse for travelling. 1812G. Colman Br. Grins, etc., Two Parsons Introd. x, Big-wigg'd circuiteering judges. |