| 释义 |
ˈcornfactor
A dealer in corn or grain; a corn-merchant.
1699Poor Man's Plea 8 Among the Corn-Factors. 1715Lond. Gaz. No. 5344/4 John Bennet of London, Cornfactor. 1789Windham Let. in Speeches Parl. (1812) I. 152, I am no corn-factor who am to profit by raising the price of grain. 1874L. Carr Jud. Gwynne I. i. 27 Mrs. F. the Risborough cornfactor's wife. |