designatorn.

Brit.

/ˈdɛzᵻɡneɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈdɛzɪɡˌneɪdər/

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin dēsignātor ; designate v., -or suffix.

Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < classical Latin dēsignātor (more usually dissignātor) official who assigned seats in the theatre, official (apparently master of ceremonies) at funerals < dissignāt- , past participial stem of dissignāre (see design v.) + -or -or suffix, and partly (in sense 2) < designate v. + -or suffix; compare post-classical Latin designator person who points something out (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian). Compare French †désignateur official at funerals (1635 or earlier as designateur ; 1675 in the passage translated in quot. 1683).

1. Roman History. An officer responsible for ordering and regulating people and procedures at a public or formal event; a marshal, a master of ceremony.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun]

man of officec1300

officerc1380

officec1440

office manc1459

officiate1500

officiary1505

official1555

gerent1576

officiary1587

office-bearer1593

stallera1627

incumbent1672

designator1683

corrector1690

office-holder1818

city manager1909

postholder1961

1683 P. Lorrain tr. P. Muret Rites Funeral iii. 24 All these marched in great order, through the care which was taken by the Designators [Fr. Designateurs], or Masters of Ceremonies.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) There were Designators at funeral Solemnities, at the Games, Theatres, and Shews.

1753 in tr. Horace Wks. (ed. 4) II. i. 241 (note) The Designators were Tipstaffs or Serjeants, who introduced and assigned to the Citizens their Places or Seats in the Theatre.

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii III. iv. vii. 29 The designator, or marshal of the sombre ceremonial,..gave the signal, and the procession moved dreadly on.

1897 C. Anthon in Horace Wks. 468 (note) He bargained with the designator, or undertaker, to have the dead body or bodies carried forth and interred.

1910 J. E. Sandys Compan. Lat. Stud. v. 181 Next follows a litter borne by eight men and apparently steadied by the designator.

2008 S. Saylor Arms of Nemesis (new ed.) iii. 194 Their lifelike images in wax..were now paraded before his funeral bier, worn by persons especially hired for the task by the Designator.

2. gen.

a. Something that designates (in various senses); that which names, points out, or indicates.

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1822 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening Index 1411/2 Designators or naming instruments.

1882 Cambrian Jan. 84/2 Many Saxon and Norman words found their way into Wales... In most cases they are the designators of articles of luxury, or words relating to ecclesiastical affairs.

1909 Green Bk. Album Nov. 941/2 The church is usually decorated with hundreds of little cocoanut oil lamps... A set design is carried out by means of these twinkling little designators.

1969 R. E. Palmer Hermeneutics xii. 202 To see words as signs is to rob them of their primordial power and make them mere instruments or designators.

1999 K. C. Smith Code of Conduct 209 Tsecha glanced at the designators on the man's collar. Red bars. Mainline lieutenant.

2009 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 31 Oct. (Finance section) 12 The new naming system will affect only Web addresses with ‘country codes’, the designators at the end of an address name, like .kr (for Korea).

b. A person who designates (in various senses); one who particularizes, nominates, or specifies. rare.

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1860 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 30 June 498/2 To-day we shall hear, from the first systematic exponent and designator of the synthetical proceeding [for treating cataracts].

1910 N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 726 Mr. Roosevelt..is eliminated as a candidate for President in 1912 or as a designator of a candidate for the Presidency.

2003 C. O. Jones in F. I. Greenstein George W. Bush Presidency vii. 196 [He is] the designator of the agenda and initiator of proposals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	designator
释义	designatorn. Brit. /ˈdɛzᵻɡneɪtə/, U.S. /ˈdɛzɪɡˌneɪdər/ Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin dēsignātor ; designate v., -or suffix. Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < classical Latin dēsignātor (more usually dissignātor) official who assigned seats in the theatre, official (apparently master of ceremonies) at funerals < dissignāt- , past participial stem of dissignāre (see design v.) + -or -or suffix, and partly (in sense 2) < designate v. + -or suffix; compare post-classical Latin designator person who points something out (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian). Compare French †désignateur official at funerals (1635 or earlier as designateur ; 1675 in the passage translated in quot. 1683). 1. Roman History. An officer responsible for ordering and regulating people and procedures at a public or formal event; a marshal, a master of ceremony. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] man of officec1300 officerc1380 officec1440 office manc1459 officiate1500 officiary1505 official1555 gerent1576 officiary1587 office-bearer1593 stallera1627 incumbent1672 designator1683 corrector1690 office-holder1818 city manager1909 postholder1961 1683 P. Lorrain tr. P. Muret Rites Funeral iii. 24 All these marched in great order, through the care which was taken by the Designators [Fr. Designateurs], or Masters of Ceremonies. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) There were Designators at funeral Solemnities, at the Games, Theatres, and Shews. 1753 in tr. Horace Wks. (ed. 4) II. i. 241 (note) The Designators were Tipstaffs or Serjeants, who introduced and assigned to the Citizens their Places or Seats in the Theatre. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii III. iv. vii. 29 The designator, or marshal of the sombre ceremonial,..gave the signal, and the procession moved dreadly on. 1897 C. Anthon in Horace Wks. 468 (note) He bargained with the designator, or undertaker, to have the dead body or bodies carried forth and interred. 1910 J. E. Sandys Compan. Lat. Stud. v. 181 Next follows a litter borne by eight men and apparently steadied by the designator. 2008 S. Saylor Arms of Nemesis (new ed.) iii. 194 Their lifelike images in wax..were now paraded before his funeral bier, worn by persons especially hired for the task by the Designator. 2. gen. a. Something that designates (in various senses); that which names, points out, or indicates. ΚΠ 1822 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening Index 1411/2 Designators or naming instruments. 1882 Cambrian Jan. 84/2 Many Saxon and Norman words found their way into Wales... In most cases they are the designators of articles of luxury, or words relating to ecclesiastical affairs. 1909 Green Bk. Album Nov. 941/2 The church is usually decorated with hundreds of little cocoanut oil lamps... A set design is carried out by means of these twinkling little designators. 1969 R. E. Palmer Hermeneutics xii. 202 To see words as signs is to rob them of their primordial power and make them mere instruments or designators. 1999 K. C. Smith Code of Conduct 209 Tsecha glanced at the designators on the man's collar. Red bars. Mainline lieutenant. 2009 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 31 Oct. (Finance section) 12 The new naming system will affect only Web addresses with ‘country codes’, the designators at the end of an address name, like .kr (for Korea). b. A person who designates (in various senses); one who particularizes, nominates, or specifies. rare. ΚΠ 1860 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 30 June 498/2 To-day we shall hear, from the first systematic exponent and designator of the synthetical proceeding [for treating cataracts]. 1910 N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 726 Mr. Roosevelt..is eliminated as a candidate for President in 1912 or as a designator of a candidate for the Presidency. 2003 C. O. Jones in F. I. Greenstein George W. Bush Presidency vii. 196 [He is] the designator of the agenda and initiator of proposals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1683
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