单词 | cockerer |
释义 | † cockerern. Obsolete. 1. A person, esp. a parent, who coddles or indulges another. Cf. cocker v.1 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of strictness > [noun] > indulgence > one who indulges humorist1589 cockerer1611 indulger1659 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Doreloteur, a cockerer, dandler, bugger; fawner, soother, flatterer of. a1634 R. Clerke Serm. (1637) 269 Yet Cyprian saith, children at the day of Iudgement shall crie out of them, Parentes sensimus parricidas, our cockerers have beene our Murderers. 1653 Z. Coke Art of Logick ii. 106 Mothers are too much Cockerers of their children. 2. A person who fosters or encourages something. Cf. cocker v.1 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun] > one who or that which furtherer1390 fartherer1494 forwarder1549 furtherancer1599 entertainer1602 proficient1607 cockerer1674 advancer1833 1674 Defensio Legis xxvi. 299 (heading) To the generous Stray's. The Cockerers of Faction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019). < n.1611 |
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