α. Scottish pre-1700 conuoyar, pre-1700 convoyar, pre-1700 convoyare.
β. 1600s– convoyer; also Scottish pre-1700 conuoyer.
单词 | convoyer |
释义 | convoyern.α. Scottish pre-1700 conuoyar, pre-1700 convoyar, pre-1700 convoyare. β. 1600s– convoyer; also Scottish pre-1700 conuoyer. 1. Originally Scottish. A person who conveys, conducts, or transports something or someone; a guide, an escort. Also: †a manager (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] mastereOE shepper1377 commandera1400 convoyer1488 comptroller?1536 controllera1540 controller-general1562 bridler1570 comptroller-general1587 disposerc1595 overruler1695 skull1880 society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who guides ruddereOE guyour13.. lodesmanc1300 guya1375 guidec1385 conduct1423 wisserc1440 guiderc1450 conductor1481 convoyer1488 godfather?1541 pilota1560 compeller1587 godmother1593 prefect1608 Mercurialist1635 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 1253 Conuoyar offt scho was to gud Wallace. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. v. 87 Bellona..sal stand by, Tobe convoyar of the mariage. a1579 H. Balnaves Confession of Faith (1584) xvii. 103 O Lorde my god,..bee to me a gouernour, guider, and conuoyer, in all perilles, and daungers. 1639 W. Lower Phaenix in her Flames i. sig. B3v Convoyers of rich merchandise over these desarts. 1653 N. Burt Appeal from Chancery to Lord Gen. 23 Edmund Prideaux, formerly the great Letter convoyer,..doth call himself Atturney-General. 1711 G. Mackenzie Lives Writers Sc. Nation II. 611 The Convoyers of Waters content themselves with One Inch in 600 Foot. 1847 Columbian Mag. July 21/2 I was henceforth the convoyer of a treasure, precious and pure and beautiful. 1884 E. Berkley Pharaohs & their People x. 151 Guards were appointed to protect the convoyers of the precious metal. 1901 W. C. Ulyat First Years of Life of Redeemed after Death ii. i. 70 Both parties, the convoyers and the convoyed, needed repose and recreation on arrival. 1982 Scouting Mar. 11/3 The pigeons are transported to the starting station by truck... Then thousands are released at once by the convoyers. 2002 D. Lasseter Their Deeds of Valor xv. 177 Project Patriotism examined records of Gaston LeGrand, the black market butcher, ex-POW shooter of collaborators, and convoyer of evaders. 2. A convoy ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > a ship sailing in company consort1596 convoyer1648 comrade1720 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > convoy escort wafter1484 convoyer1648 mother ship1890 escort1914 1648 Humble Petition Masters & Commanders of Ships (single sheet) Express command given to their Convoyers that none of them shall take any English Ships into their protection. 1666 London Gaz. No. 72/3 Four Fireships..formerly Convoyers to the Herring Busses. 1702 tr. P. de la Court True Interest Republick Holland & W.-Friesland ii. i. 197 As to our Cruisers and other Convoyers, it is observable that we do not know that they ever took any one of the twelve new-built King's Ships of Dunkirk. 1782 Scots Mag. 44 App. 700/2 Advice-boats, fire-ships, convoyers, and about 18 in reserve. 1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands 499 There were also a few armed vessels, named Convoyers, sent out with the fleet. 1892 Monthly Packet May 589 He commits him to twin fleet convoyers..who bear him swiftly to his own home. 1919 M. J. Hogan Shamrock Battalion of Rainbow ii. 19 A few days out we picked up our convoyers, the reassuring battleship South Carolina and a few sharp-visaged, wasp-like submarine chasers. 2007 N. Friedman in A. T. H. Tan Politics of Maritime Power (2011) 35 If the convoyer had a strong battle fleet, it could block the enemy's few bases capable of supporting his own capital ships. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1488 |
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