| 单词 | city company |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCity Company City Company n. (also with lower-case initials) British any of the corporations which historically represented the ancient trade guilds of the City of London; = livery company n. at livery n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > livery company company1389 liveryc1498 City Company1615 livery company1658 1615 J. Stephens Ess. & Characters (new ed.) 301 The base and artlesse appendants of our citty companies. 1747 R. Campbell London Tradesman lxviii. 274 The Gardener is a Country Business, but mentioned here as it is a City Company. 1833 J. Gorton Topogr. Dict. II. 690/1 The College of Surgeons, founded by charter, in 1800, after the extinction of the old city company of surgeons. 1956 G. Farrell Story of Blindness xii. 152 Other City Companies providing pensions for the blind are the Drapers, the Cordwainers, and the Goldsmiths. 1993 J. Landers Death & Metropolis ii. 46 The surviving documentary evidence on London migration comes largely from the records of the City Companies. < as lemmas |
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