单词 | decener |
释义 | † decenern. Obsolete. 1. One in command of ten soldiers. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > of 10 decurionc1384 doyen1422 deana1425 dizener1489 decener1555 decan1569 decadarch1794 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > association of specific number of people > member of decener1555 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. x. 211 Their capitaines ouer ten, whiche, by a terme borowed of the Frenche, we calle Diseners. 1589 P. Ive tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres 80 The Souldiers [should exercise] by themselues euerie holie day, with their Deceniers [Fr. chefs de chambre] Chiefs of squadrons, and Corporals. 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 14 Under the charge of a Desiner or chiefe of a chamber. 1618 S. Ward Iethro's Iustice of Peace 54 From the Gouernour of the thousand, to the Centurion, from him to the Tithing-man or Decinour. 2. (a) The head of a decena or tithing; a tithing-man or borsholder. (b) A member of a tithing. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > parish official > [noun] > tithingman or headborough tithingmanlOE frithborh-headc1200 headborough1375 thirdborough?c1475 frank-pledgec1503 borsholder1536 borrow-head1581 decurion1591 decener1607 chief-pledge1630 dean1647 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. X3v/1 Deciners..signifieth..such as were wont to haue the ouersight and checke of ten friburgs, for the maintenance of the kings peace. 1624 Termes de la Ley (at cited word) Deciner is not now used for the chiefe man of a Dozein, but for him that is sworne to the Kings peace. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 70 All free men were Decenners, that is ranked into severall tens. 1751 H. Fielding Enq. Causes Increase Robbers vi. 119 In Case of the Default of Appearance in a Decenner, his nine Pledges had one and thirty Days to bring the Delinquent forth to Justice. 1869 W. Molyneux Burton-on-Trent 105 There was a staff of men six in number called ‘Deciners’, whose duty it was in modern times to assist the constables in preserving the peace of the manor and borough..The name commonly given to these officers was dozener, and under it at the present day they are associated in many instances with municipal boroughs.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1555 |
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