† gill-mastern.

Forms: 1500s gill-maister, 1600s gil-master, 1600s gill-master.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Middle Low German. Etymon: Middle Low German gildemester.

Etymology: Probably < Middle Low German gildemester head of a guild of craftsmen or workers, chief officer of a company of soldiers ( < gilde guild n. + mester master n.¹), with remodelling after master n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch, Dutch gildemeester, German regional (Low German) Gillemeester, Middle High German gildemester, gillemester (German Gildemeister), with the same range of senses as the Middle Low German word.

Military. Obsolete. rare.

An officer responsible to a mayoral (mayoral n. 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > officer of other specific ranks

warden1297

constablec1300

sergeant of a band1548

gill-master1598

vinton1610

subcommander1612

exempt1700

exon1767

serrefiles1897

Queen A.T.1943

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 136 A Gill Maister, or Lieutenant to the Mayorall, ouer euery 200 horses or beasts.

1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre iii. ii. 85 The Master Gunner..is..to command all the inferior Gunners, Clerkes, Harbengers, Maiorals, Gill-Masters and other depending vpon the Ordnance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	gill-master
释义	† gill-mastern. Forms: 1500s gill-maister, 1600s gil-master, 1600s gill-master. Origin: Probably a borrowing from Middle Low German. Etymon: Middle Low German gildemester. Etymology: Probably < Middle Low German gildemester head of a guild of craftsmen or workers, chief officer of a company of soldiers ( < gilde guild n. + mester master n.¹), with remodelling after master n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch, Dutch gildemeester, German regional (Low German) Gillemeester, Middle High German gildemester, gillemester (German Gildemeister), with the same range of senses as the Middle Low German word. Military. Obsolete. rare. An officer responsible to a mayoral (mayoral n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > officer of other specific ranks warden1297 constablec1300 sergeant of a band1548 gill-master1598 vinton1610 subcommander1612 exempt1700 exon1767 serrefiles1897 Queen A.T.1943 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 136 A Gill Maister, or Lieutenant to the Mayorall, ouer euery 200 horses or beasts. 1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre iii. ii. 85 The Master Gunner..is..to command all the inferior Gunners, Clerkes, Harbengers, Maiorals, Gill-Masters and other depending vpon the Ordnance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1598
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