单词 | amtman |
释义 | amtmann. Now historical. Chiefly in Germany, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia: a senior official having authority in a certain administrative district; a bailiff, steward, or magistrate. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property town-reeveeOE reeveeOE gravec1175 procuratorc1300 dispender1340 provost1340 bailiec1375 officerc1375 dispenserc1380 proctora1382 dispensator1382 farmerc1384 approverc1386 husbanda1387 stewardc1405 chamberlain1423 procurer1477 factor1520 bailiff1528 land-steward1535 improver1536 grieve1537 amtman1582 administrator1596 stead-man1609 dapifer1636 vogt1694 house jobber1709 commissioner1760 foreman1774 house agent1793 ground-officer1815 land-agent1846 wic-reeve1853 steadward1876 house farmer1882 house-knacker1884 land-sergeant1894 society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > [noun] > type of in Germany, Austria, or Scandinavia amtman1582 1582 A. Golding tr. Ioyful & Royal Entertainment sig. D4 Mounsieur the Amptman [Fr. Monsieur l'Amptman] read the same othe too his highnesse in French. 1669 W. Aglionby Present State United Provinces ii. xiii. 107 This Priviledge [sc. naming magistrates] is extended even to the nomination of..amptmans..of the dignity of Patricians. 1709 London Gaz. No. 4053/2 Monsieur Rosencrans..is made Bailiff, or Amptman, of the District of Copenhagen. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 430 The Military Governour is a pleasant Man, & both he & the Amtmann (i.e. the Civil Regent) are particularly attentive to me. 1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland Introd. 35 Iceland is..divided into three amts. Over two of the amts is placed an amt-man, who is subject to the governor-general. 1913 H. G. James Princ. Prussian Admin. iii. 149 The Precinct, at the head of which stands the Amtman appointed by the Province President. 2008 W. B. Smith Reformation & German Territorial State iii. 48 The Amtmänner were instructed to deposit unburied corpses in the churchyard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1582 |
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