compradorn.

/kɒmprəˈdɔː/

Forms: Also compa-, compi-, compo-, compendor(e.

Etymology: < Portuguese comprador buyer, < late Latin comparātōr-em, agent-noun < comparāre to provide, purchase (in Portuguese comprar to purchase, buy), < com- together + parāre to furnish. One of the Portuguese words adopted in the East.

†1. Formerly, the name of a native servant employed by Europeans, in India and the East, to purchase necessaries and keep the household accounts: a house-steward. Obsolete in India.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun]

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household servant1427

homely womana1500

domestical?c1550

comprador1615

domestic1623

spider-brusher1833

house help1837

domiciliary1844

hoghenhine1848

kitchen mechanic1861

home helper1864

home help1883

1615 R. Cocks Diary, Japan (1883) I. 19 The Hollanders..thrust their comprador (or cats buyer) out of dores for a lecherous knave.

1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India 108 Every Factory had formerly a Compradore, whose Business it was to buy in Provisions and other Necessarys.

1773 E. Ives Voy. India 50 Compidore, the office of this servant is to go to market and bring home small things, such as fruit, etc.

1789 I. Munro Narr. Mil. Operations Coromandel Coast 27 A Cook at 3, a Compradore at 2, and Kitchen-boy at 1 pagoda.

1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum I. 270 The Compadore..acts as purveyor.

2. Now, in China, the name of the principal native servant, employed in European establishments, and especially in houses of business, both as head of the staff of native employés, and as intermediary between the house and its native customers. (The Chinese name is mâi-pan ‘purveyor’.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > other types of servant

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daily waiter1519

apparitor1533

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fealc1650

washpot1678

Sunday outer1837

comprador1840

liveryman1841

running dog1969

1840 Mountain Mem. (1857) 164 About 10 days ago..the Chinese..kidnapped our Compendor.

1865 Daily Tel. 14 Nov. 3/6 The water-thieves have friends among the compradors of Hong Kong and Shanghai.

1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan I. 46 Each firm has its Chinese compradore, a factotum, middleman, and occasionally a tyrant.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	comprador
释义	compradorn. /kɒmprəˈdɔː/ Forms: Also compa-, compi-, compo-, compendor(e. Etymology: < Portuguese comprador buyer, < late Latin comparātōr-em, agent-noun < comparāre to provide, purchase (in Portuguese comprar to purchase, buy), < com- together + parāre to furnish. One of the Portuguese words adopted in the East. †1. Formerly, the name of a native servant employed by Europeans, in India and the East, to purchase necessaries and keep the household accounts: a house-steward. Obsolete in India. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] hirdmanc993 hirdcnihtc1000 hirdcnavec1275 hirdswainc1275 hewea1350 officerc1375 homely mana1382 meniala1387 household servant1427 homely womana1500 domestical?c1550 comprador1615 domestic1623 spider-brusher1833 house help1837 domiciliary1844 hoghenhine1848 kitchen mechanic1861 home helper1864 home help1883 1615 R. Cocks Diary, Japan (1883) I. 19 The Hollanders..thrust their comprador (or cats buyer) out of dores for a lecherous knave. 1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India 108 Every Factory had formerly a Compradore, whose Business it was to buy in Provisions and other Necessarys. 1773 E. Ives Voy. India 50 Compidore, the office of this servant is to go to market and bring home small things, such as fruit, etc. 1789 I. Munro Narr. Mil. Operations Coromandel Coast 27 A Cook at 3, a Compradore at 2, and Kitchen-boy at 1 pagoda. 1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum I. 270 The Compadore..acts as purveyor. 2. Now, in China, the name of the principal native servant, employed in European establishments, and especially in houses of business, both as head of the staff of native employés, and as intermediary between the house and its native customers. (The Chinese name is mâi-pan ‘purveyor’.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > other types of servant minstrel?c1225 mill-knavec1380 subdeacona1382 rehetoura1425 daily waiter1519 apparitor1533 Nethinim1535 fealc1650 washpot1678 Sunday outer1837 comprador1840 liveryman1841 running dog1969 1840 Mountain Mem. (1857) 164 About 10 days ago..the Chinese..kidnapped our Compendor. 1865 Daily Tel. 14 Nov. 3/6 The water-thieves have friends among the compradors of Hong Kong and Shanghai. 1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan I. 46 Each firm has its Chinese compradore, a factotum, middleman, and occasionally a tyrant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1615
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