单词 | demander |
释义 | demandern. One who demands. 1. One who asks with authority, urgency, etc.; one who claims, requests, calls for. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > one who requests > [noun] > one who makes a demand or claim claimerc1440 plucker awayc1460 demandera1533 demandant1590 pretender1598 pretendant1600 claimant1747 society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > demand > one who demands demandera1533 demandant1590 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. D.vij The requeste was pitifull..and he to whom it was made, was the father, and the demaunder was the mother. 1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. A7 Vnto none of the foresayde demaunders wold he neuer geue her in mariage. 1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. iv. §19. 201 He hath intreated his Demander to accept of thus much in part of paiment. 1754 S. Johnson Life Cave in Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 57 A tenacious maintainer, though not a clamorous demander of his right. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [noun] > one who conducts ensearchera1382 demander1548 apposer1553 appositor1601 interrogant1647 demandant1656 interrogator1751 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xviii. f. 146 The demaunder of the question. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 157 O what an importunate asker of questions is here..O what a troublesome demander. 1692 J. Locke Toleration iii. i, in Wks. (1727) II. 304 The Majority..shall give any forward Demander Occasion to ask, What other Means is there left? 3. One from whom there is a demand for an article of commerce; a buyer, consumer. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > buyer > [noun] buyerc1200 chapman?c1225 vendee1547 purchaser1584 bargainee1598 demander1602 emptor1604 chap1701 tenderee1883 consumer1897 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 106 And deliuereth them to the demaunders' ready vse, at all seasons. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. vii. 68 Those who are willing to pay the natural price of the commodity..may be called the effectual demanders . View more context for this quotation 1821 New Monthly Mag. 1 96 Demanders and not suppliers. 1885 J. Bonar Malthus ii. i. 233 The power of buying the food that feeds new demanders. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1533 |
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