单词 | gate-ward |
释义 | gate-wardn. archaic. A gatekeeper. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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