cheatern.

/ˈtʃiːtə/

Forms: Middle English cheitur, Middle English chetowre, 1500s chetor, 1500s–1600s cheatour, 1600s cheator, 1500s– cheater.

Etymology: Middle English chetour, aphetic < achetour, eschetour, escheator n.

†1.

a. The officer appointed to look after the king's escheats; an escheator. (The 17th cent. quots. show its passage into the later sense.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > reversion > [noun] > reversion to lord, king, or state > officer who certified

cheaterc1330

encheatera1387

escheatora1398

c1330 Pol. Songs (1839) 338 At justices, at shirreves, cheiturs, and chaunceler.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 73 Chetowre, confiscator, caducarius.

1651 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living §13 Cheaters of men's inheritances, unjust judges, etc.

1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 159 As a Cheater may pick the purses of ignorant people, by shewing them something like the Kings Broad Seal, which was indeed his own forgery.

†b. figurative. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. i. 111 I plaid the cheater for thy fathers hand.

1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor i. iii. 62 They shall be Excheckers to me, and Ile be cheaters to them both.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cli. sig. I4 Then gentle cheater vrge not my amisse, Least guilty of my faults thy sweet selfe proue.

†2. A dishonest gamester, a sharper. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > [noun] > card-sharper

Greek1528

cheaterc1555

packer1586

palmer1671

operator1731

card sharp1840

card-sharper1841

mechanic1897

sharpie1942

card shark2002

c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Biiii They call theyr worthy arte by a newe found name, callinge them selues Chetors.

1591 J. Florio Second Frutes xii. 169 Milk-maides to daunce, and cheaters to the dice.

1637 H. Wotton Let. to Regius Professor That Pack of Reverend Cheaters, among whom Religion was shuffled like a pack of Cards, and the Dice were set upon us.

3. One who cheats or deals fraudulently; a deceiver; a swindler. (A systematic or habitual cheater is now called a cheat n.¹)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun]

feature14..

frauderc1475

prowler1519

lurcher1528

defrauder1552

frauditor1553

taker-upc1555

verserc1555

fogger1564

Jack-in-the-box1570

gilenyer1590

foist1591

rutter1591

crossbiter1592

sharker1594

shark1600

bat-fowler1602

cheater1606

foister1610

operator1611

fraudsman1613

projector1615

smoke-sellera1618

decoy1618

firkera1626

scandaroon1631

snapa1640

cunning shaver1652

knight of industrya1658

chouse1658

cheat1664

sharper1681

jockey1683

rooker1683

fool-finder1685

rookster1697

sheep-shearer1699

bubbler1720

gyp1728

bite1742

swindler1770

pigeon1780

mace1781

gouger1790

needle1790

fly-by-night1796

sharp1797

skinner1797

diddler1803

mace cove1811

mace-gloak1819

macer1819

flat-catcher1821

moonlight wanderer1823

burner1838

Peter Funk1840

Funk1842

pigeoner1849

maceman1850

bester1856

fiddler1857

highway robber1874

bunco-steerer1875

swizzler1876

forty1879

flim-flammer1881

chouser1883

take-down1888

highbinder1890

fraud1895

Sam Slick1897

grafter1899

come-on1905

verneuker1905

gypster1917

chiseller1918

tweedler1925

rorter1926

gazumper1932

chizzer1935

sharpie1942

sharpster1942

slick1959

slickster1965

rip-off artist1968

shonky1970

rip-off merchant1971

1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. F3 Vnthrifts, Cheaters, and the rest of their Faction..were borne downe.

1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar i. i. sig. B^v In this Citie..No dwellers are but Cheaters and Cheateez.

1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) 81 It is the nature of Ambition to make men Lyars and Cheaters.

1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 134 Hard Texts are Nuts (I will not call them Cheaters ).

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. iii. 43 It is the resource of cheaters, knaves, and cozeners.

a1821 J. Keats Otho v. v, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 198 I was the fool, She was the cheater!

1831 T. Carlyle in Foreign Q. Rev. Oct. 391 Reineke was not only the cheater..but also the cheatee.

1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice I. v. 74 The cheater and the cheatee (to parody law-jargon) are equally enjoying themselves.

1881 R. Jefferies Wood Magic I. vii. 201 What a cheater he is.

†4. tame cheater: ? a decoy duck or other tame animal used as a decoy. Shakespeare plays on other senses, and Scott uses it with allusion to Shakespeare's application of it to Pistol.

ΚΠ

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 94 Hees no swaggrer hostesse, a tame cheter yfaith, you may stroke him as gently as a puppy grey-hound.

a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Faire Maide of Inne iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggggggg/1 You..will be drawne into the net by this decoy ducke, this tame cheater.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. iii. 43 Sinking, from ruffling bullies into tame cheaters.

5. plural. Spectacles, eye-glasses. U.S. slang.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles

spectaclec1386

a pair of spectacles1423

ocularies?a1425

barnaclea1566

eye1568

sight-glasses1605

glass eye1608

prospective glass1616

sights1619

prospectivea1635

nose-compasses1654

glass1660

lunettes1681

peeper1699

eyeglass1760

specs1807

winker1816

gig-lamps1853

nose-riders1875

window1896

cheaters1920

1920 P. G. Wodehouse Little Warrior ix. 171 A tall guy in tortoiseshell cheaters.

1932 D. Runyon Guys & Dolls 35 A little guy who wears horn cheaters.

1949 R. Chandler Little Sister ii. 9 The eyes behind the rimless cheaters flashed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cheater
释义	cheatern. /ˈtʃiːtə/ Forms: Middle English cheitur, Middle English chetowre, 1500s chetor, 1500s–1600s cheatour, 1600s cheator, 1500s– cheater. Etymology: Middle English chetour, aphetic < achetour, eschetour, escheator n. †1. a. The officer appointed to look after the king's escheats; an escheator. (The 17th cent. quots. show its passage into the later sense.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > reversion > [noun] > reversion to lord, king, or state > officer who certified cheaterc1330 encheatera1387 escheatora1398 c1330 Pol. Songs (1839) 338 At justices, at shirreves, cheiturs, and chaunceler. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 73 Chetowre, confiscator, caducarius. 1651 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living §13 Cheaters of men's inheritances, unjust judges, etc. 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 159 As a Cheater may pick the purses of ignorant people, by shewing them something like the Kings Broad Seal, which was indeed his own forgery. †b. figurative. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. i. 111 I plaid the cheater for thy fathers hand. View more context for this quotation 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor i. iii. 62 They shall be Excheckers to me, and Ile be cheaters to them both. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cli. sig. I4 Then gentle cheater vrge not my amisse, Least guilty of my faults thy sweet selfe proue. View more context for this quotation †2. A dishonest gamester, a sharper. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > [noun] > card-sharper Greek1528 cheaterc1555 packer1586 palmer1671 operator1731 card sharp1840 card-sharper1841 mechanic1897 sharpie1942 card shark2002 c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Biiii They call theyr worthy arte by a newe found name, callinge them selues Chetors. 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes xii. 169 Milk-maides to daunce, and cheaters to the dice. 1637 H. Wotton Let. to Regius Professor That Pack of Reverend Cheaters, among whom Religion was shuffled like a pack of Cards, and the Dice were set upon us. 3. One who cheats or deals fraudulently; a deceiver; a swindler. (A systematic or habitual cheater is now called a cheat n.¹) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] feature14.. frauderc1475 prowler1519 lurcher1528 defrauder1552 frauditor1553 taker-upc1555 verserc1555 fogger1564 Jack-in-the-box1570 gilenyer1590 foist1591 rutter1591 crossbiter1592 sharker1594 shark1600 bat-fowler1602 cheater1606 foister1610 operator1611 fraudsman1613 projector1615 smoke-sellera1618 decoy1618 firkera1626 scandaroon1631 snapa1640 cunning shaver1652 knight of industrya1658 chouse1658 cheat1664 sharper1681 jockey1683 rooker1683 fool-finder1685 rookster1697 sheep-shearer1699 bubbler1720 gyp1728 bite1742 swindler1770 pigeon1780 mace1781 gouger1790 needle1790 fly-by-night1796 sharp1797 skinner1797 diddler1803 mace cove1811 mace-gloak1819 macer1819 flat-catcher1821 moonlight wanderer1823 burner1838 Peter Funk1840 Funk1842 pigeoner1849 maceman1850 bester1856 fiddler1857 highway robber1874 bunco-steerer1875 swizzler1876 forty1879 flim-flammer1881 chouser1883 take-down1888 highbinder1890 fraud1895 Sam Slick1897 grafter1899 come-on1905 verneuker1905 gypster1917 chiseller1918 tweedler1925 rorter1926 gazumper1932 chizzer1935 sharpie1942 sharpster1942 slick1959 slickster1965 rip-off artist1968 shonky1970 rip-off merchant1971 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. F3 Vnthrifts, Cheaters, and the rest of their Faction..were borne downe. 1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar i. i. sig. B^v In this Citie..No dwellers are but Cheaters and Cheateez. 1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) 81 It is the nature of Ambition to make men Lyars and Cheaters. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 134 Hard Texts are Nuts (I will not call them Cheaters ). View more context for this quotation 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. iii. 43 It is the resource of cheaters, knaves, and cozeners. a1821 J. Keats Otho v. v, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 198 I was the fool, She was the cheater! 1831 T. Carlyle in Foreign Q. Rev. Oct. 391 Reineke was not only the cheater..but also the cheatee. 1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice I. v. 74 The cheater and the cheatee (to parody law-jargon) are equally enjoying themselves. 1881 R. Jefferies Wood Magic I. vii. 201 What a cheater he is. †4. tame cheater: ? a decoy duck or other tame animal used as a decoy. Shakespeare plays on other senses, and Scott uses it with allusion to Shakespeare's application of it to Pistol. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 94 Hees no swaggrer hostesse, a tame cheter yfaith, you may stroke him as gently as a puppy grey-hound. View more context for this quotation a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Faire Maide of Inne iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggggggg/1 You..will be drawne into the net by this decoy ducke, this tame cheater. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. iii. 43 Sinking, from ruffling bullies into tame cheaters. 5. plural. Spectacles, eye-glasses. U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles spectaclec1386 a pair of spectacles1423 ocularies?a1425 barnaclea1566 eye1568 sight-glasses1605 glass eye1608 prospective glass1616 sights1619 prospectivea1635 nose-compasses1654 glass1660 lunettes1681 peeper1699 eyeglass1760 specs1807 winker1816 gig-lamps1853 nose-riders1875 window1896 cheaters1920 1920 P. G. Wodehouse Little Warrior ix. 171 A tall guy in tortoiseshell cheaters. 1932 D. Runyon Guys & Dolls 35 A little guy who wears horn cheaters. 1949 R. Chandler Little Sister ii. 9 The eyes behind the rimless cheaters flashed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1330
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