doern.

Brit.

/ˈduːə/, U.S.

/ˈduər/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s doar, Middle English doere, 1500s dowar(e, 1500s–1600s dooer.

Etymology: < do v. + -er suffix¹.

1. One who does; one who performs some act or deed; an actor, agent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > one who acts or does

wright971

doer1382

workerc1384

actorc1425

performerc1443

factor1461

committer1509

accomplisher1538

setter1548

enurer1556

performancer1621

commissioner1651

facienta1670

performant1809

enactor1837

transactor1863

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) James i. 22 Be ȝe doers of the word and not herers oneli.

a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 28773 Els vnmedeful es þe dede, And makes to þe doer no mede.

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. G.iij In peincting..they are all most excellent dooers.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 349 Talkers are no good doers .

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Actresse, a woman-doer.

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 89 Ill Doers are ill Deemers.

1832 H. Martineau Weal & Woe iii. 28 Sympathy affords great advantage to the doers of mischief.

2. One who acts on behalf of another; an agent, factor, manager; an attorney. Now only Scottish.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who acts for another

procuratorc1300

proctor1301

attorney1347

provisora1393

assignee1419

procuracya1425

solicitorc1425

factor1445

soliciter1464

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umbothman1482

agent1523

assign1526

procurera1533

practitioner1560

proxy1585

pragmatic1593

procureur1604

pragmatitioner1607

foreign agent1646

institor1657

agent general1659

proxy-man1696

interestera1701

maat1824

1465 MS. in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) II. 388 He sal warn the saidis lord kennedy and Sir Alexander, or yair doars.

1566 Act 8 Eliz. c. 7 §2 No maner [other] person or persons..shall..exercyse or frequent the sayd trade..nor have any Factor or Doer for hym or them in the same.

1721 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 603 I had the eleven pounds from the Earl of Kilmarnock's doer.

1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 44 Before the Day of Compearance, the Lord Advocate, or his Depute, give in the Indictment..to the Clerk of Court, that the Prisoner's Doer may have an Opportunity of seeing the same.

1870 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 18) vi. 232 In Scotland it is usual to term the law-agent or man of business of any party his ‘doer’.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona ix. 97 I'm doer for Appin and for James of the Glens.

3. (with qualifying adjective.) A horse or other animal that ‘does’ or thrives (well or ill): see do v. 13a.

ΚΠ

1865 Evening Standard 6 Mar. 6/6 He..is a rare doer, never having been sick nor sorry since the week he was foaled.

4. slang. One who ‘does’ or cheats another.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > one who deceives

swikec1000

wielerOE

adderOE

knavec1275

treacherc1290

guiler1303

gabbera1325

tricharda1327

faitoura1340

jugglera1340

beswiker1340

wernard1362

knackerc1380

beguilera1382

deceiver1382

illusor1382

deceivant1393

fob1393

falsea1400

mocker?c1450

feature14..

deceptor1484

seductor1490

bullera1500

troker?a1500

craftera1529

circumventorc1540

bobber1542

cloyner?1550

illuder?1550

tricker1550

double-dealer1567

treacherer1571

falsary1573

abuser1579

falser1579

treachetour1590

deluder1592

ignis fatuus1592

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nickum1699

sheep-shearer1699

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bilker1717

trickologist1723

taker-in1776

bilk1790

duper1792

Yorkshire bite1801

intake1808

gammoner1819

doer1840

delusionist1841

fiddler1857

snide1874

hoodwinker1884

tanger1886

take-down1888

tiddlywinker1893

wangler1912

frost1914

twicer1924

lurkman1945

jive-ass1964

skanker1973

1840 New Monthly Mag. 59 47 [School Masters] are not merely ‘do-the-boys’, but regular doers of their parents.

1862 A. K. H. Boyd Recreat. Country Parson 114 The trickster has been tricked—the doer done.

5. An eccentric, a ‘character’. Australian and New Zealand.Attested earliest in hard doer n. at hard adj. and n. Compounds 4.

ΚΠ

a1885 in Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads (1964) 78 Many more hard doers, all gone to Kingdom Come.

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 19 Doer, a person unusually humorous, reckless, undisciplined, immoral or eccentric.

1929 K. S. Prichard Coonardoo xxxi. 300 You know Monty,..one of the hardest doers in the Nor'-West.

1959 S. H. Courtier Death in Dream Time iii. 28 Laurie could have been joking. He was that kind of doer, you know.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	doer
释义	doern. Brit. /ˈduːə/, U.S. /ˈduər/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s doar, Middle English doere, 1500s dowar(e, 1500s–1600s dooer. Etymology: < do v. + -er suffix¹. 1. One who does; one who performs some act or deed; an actor, agent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > one who acts or does wright971 doer1382 workerc1384 actorc1425 performerc1443 factor1461 committer1509 accomplisher1538 setter1548 enurer1556 performancer1621 commissioner1651 facienta1670 performant1809 enactor1837 transactor1863 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) James i. 22 Be ȝe doers of the word and not herers oneli. a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 28773 Els vnmedeful es þe dede, And makes to þe doer no mede. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. G.iij In peincting..they are all most excellent dooers. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 349 Talkers are no good doers . View more context for this quotation 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Actresse, a woman-doer. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 89 Ill Doers are ill Deemers. 1832 H. Martineau Weal & Woe iii. 28 Sympathy affords great advantage to the doers of mischief. 2. One who acts on behalf of another; an agent, factor, manager; an attorney. Now only Scottish. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who acts for another procuratorc1300 proctor1301 attorney1347 provisora1393 assignee1419 procuracya1425 solicitorc1425 factor1445 soliciter1464 doer1465 umbothman1482 agent1523 assign1526 procurera1533 practitioner1560 proxy1585 pragmatic1593 procureur1604 pragmatitioner1607 foreign agent1646 institor1657 agent general1659 proxy-man1696 interestera1701 maat1824 1465 MS. in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) II. 388 He sal warn the saidis lord kennedy and Sir Alexander, or yair doars. 1566 Act 8 Eliz. c. 7 §2 No maner [other] person or persons..shall..exercyse or frequent the sayd trade..nor have any Factor or Doer for hym or them in the same. 1721 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 603 I had the eleven pounds from the Earl of Kilmarnock's doer. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 44 Before the Day of Compearance, the Lord Advocate, or his Depute, give in the Indictment..to the Clerk of Court, that the Prisoner's Doer may have an Opportunity of seeing the same. 1870 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 18) vi. 232 In Scotland it is usual to term the law-agent or man of business of any party his ‘doer’. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona ix. 97 I'm doer for Appin and for James of the Glens. 3. (with qualifying adjective.) A horse or other animal that ‘does’ or thrives (well or ill): see do v. 13a. ΚΠ 1865 Evening Standard 6 Mar. 6/6 He..is a rare doer, never having been sick nor sorry since the week he was foaled. 4. slang. One who ‘does’ or cheats another. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > one who deceives swikec1000 wielerOE adderOE knavec1275 treacherc1290 guiler1303 gabbera1325 tricharda1327 faitoura1340 jugglera1340 beswiker1340 wernard1362 knackerc1380 beguilera1382 deceiver1382 illusor1382 deceivant1393 fob1393 falsea1400 mocker?c1450 feature14.. deceptor1484 seductor1490 bullera1500 troker?a1500 craftera1529 circumventorc1540 bobber1542 cloyner?1550 illuder?1550 tricker1550 double-dealer1567 treacherer1571 falsary1573 abuser1579 falser1579 treachetour1590 deluder1592 ignis fatuus1592 foolmonger1593 prestigiator1595 aguiler1598 baffler1606 cog-foist1606 feaguer1610 guile-man1614 hocus-pocus1624 colt1632 hoodwink1638 blindfoldera1649 napper1653 cheat1664 fooler1677 underdealer1682 circumvenerc1686 chincher1688 dodger1698 nickum1699 sheep-shearer1699 trickster1711 bilker1717 trickologist1723 taker-in1776 bilk1790 duper1792 Yorkshire bite1801 intake1808 gammoner1819 doer1840 delusionist1841 fiddler1857 snide1874 hoodwinker1884 tanger1886 take-down1888 tiddlywinker1893 wangler1912 frost1914 twicer1924 lurkman1945 jive-ass1964 skanker1973 1840 New Monthly Mag. 59 47 [School Masters] are not merely ‘do-the-boys’, but regular doers of their parents. 1862 A. K. H. Boyd Recreat. Country Parson 114 The trickster has been tricked—the doer done. 5. An eccentric, a ‘character’. Australian and New Zealand.Attested earliest in hard doer n. at hard adj. and n. Compounds 4. ΚΠ a1885 in Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads (1964) 78 Many more hard doers, all gone to Kingdom Come. 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 19 Doer, a person unusually humorous, reckless, undisciplined, immoral or eccentric. 1929 K. S. Prichard Coonardoo xxxi. 300 You know Monty,..one of the hardest doers in the Nor'-West. 1959 S. H. Courtier Death in Dream Time iii. 28 Laurie could have been joking. He was that kind of doer, you know. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1382
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