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单词 gate-ward
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gate-wardn.

Etymology: < gate n.1 + ward n.1, keeper.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgate-ward.
archaic.
A gatekeeper.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > usher > door- or gate-keeper
doorwardc950
gate-wardc1000
porter?a1300
ostiary?a1475
portitor1480
doorkeeper1535
gatekeeper1572
janitora1640
conciergea1697
hall-keeper1705
durwan1773
commissioner1820
lodge-keeper1855
doorman1858
lodge-man1892
commissionaire1895
dvornik1903
linkman1939
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) x. 3 Þæne se geat-weard læt in.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9480 Þe ȝæte-ward [c1300 Otho ȝeateward] hit cudde ouer-al.
a1300 K. Horn 1067 He com to þe gateward Þat him answerede hard.
c1300 Harrow. Hell 139 Wer ys nou this ȝateward?
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xiv. 92 Ther god is gatwarde hym~self.
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iv. iv. 96 ‘And, by my faith,’ the gate-ward said, ‘I think 'twill prove a warden-raid.’
1849 J. Grant Mem. Kirkaldy iv. 35 The retinue of armed servants..created no surprise in the mind of the gate-ward.
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