单词 | corser |
释义 | † corsercoursern. Obsolete. A jobber; esp. a horse-dealer, a horse-couper. Obsolete except in horse-corser n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in horses romonger1222 horse-mongera1400 cosser14.. corser?c1430 horse-corser1552 jockey1640 horse-coper1681 horse-jockey1744 horse-dealer1761 macquignon1798 horse-trader1811 coper1825 horse-cadger1886 ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 172 Þei ben corseris..& bien schep & neet & sellen hem for wynnynge. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. l. 370 Lik a corsour makth coltis that be wilde With spore & whippe to be tame and mylde. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 94 Corsoure of horse, mango. ?1449 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) V. 154/1 Oon William Gerveis, by the coloure of a patente..cleping hymself the Kyngs Corser, rideth and gothe to..markeitis. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxx. f. 251v Corsers of horses, by false menys, make them loke fresshe and fatte. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxviv A corser is he that byeth all ryden horses and selleth them agayne. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 285 The coursers of horsses do many times beguil the simpler sort of buyers, by lying and deceiptful affirmation. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Captaine v. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ii2v/1 I am no Bawd, nor cheater, nor a courser Of broken-winded women. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?c1430 |
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