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单词 galley-man
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galley-mann.

Etymology: < galley n. + man n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgalley-man.
1. One who rows in a galley.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > sailor on galley
galley-man1352
galliot1511
1352 L. Minot Poems (1914) iii. 57 Þe galay men held vp þaire handes.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 220 The galayis and the galay-men did boyth eschape.
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ii. 21 The galieman..the carier, ease the tediousnesse of their labour..with singing and whisteling.
1672 P. Leycester Hist. Antiq. Cheshire ii. ii. 115 There were fifty skilful Oars or Galleymen.
1826 T. Hood She is far from Land in Whims & Oddities 75 Pirates, and Sallee-men, Algerine galleymen.
1836–48 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Comedies 259 (note) The Athenian Galley-men taking cushions to sit upon.
2. (See quots.) Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > group or body of > specific
Hanse1199
staple1423
the feat of merchandisec1503
corporation1530
Stilliardois1552
the Steads1557
galley-man1581
hong1769
1581 Compendious Exam. Certayne Ordinary Complaints f. 48v These galley men, Mercers, Fustian Sellers, Grocers, & Pothecaries that selleth vs any Wares made beyond the Sea.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Galley-men, certain Genoese Merchants formerly so call'd, because they usually arriv'd in Galleys, landed their Goods at a Place in Thames-street, nam'd Galley-key, and traded with their own small Silver Coin call'd Galley-half-pence.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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