groom-portern.

Forms: see groom n.¹ and porter n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: groom n.¹, porter n.¹

Etymology: < groom n.¹ + porter n.¹

Obsolete exc. Historical.

1. An officer of the English Royal Household, abolished under George III; his principal functions, at least from the 16th cent., were to regulate all matters connected with gaming within the precincts of the court, to furnish cards and dice, etc., and to decide disputes arising at play.

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society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > in charge of gaming

groom-porter1502

1502 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 35 George Hamerton grome porter.

1503–4 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 337 Thomas Hallye, grome portair of the Quenis chamir.

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. iv. sig. G4^v They will set him Vpmost, at the Groome-Porters, all the Christmasse. And, for the whole yeare through, at euery place, Where there is play, present him with the Chayre.

1678 T. Otway Friendship in Fashion i. 6 I ran to the Groom-Porters last Night and lost my Money.

1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 26 Though there be false Dice brought in at the Groom-Porters, and cheating offer'd, yet unless he allow the Cheating, and judge the Dice to be good, there may be hopes of fair play.

1705 London Gaz. No. 4095/3 Thomas Archer Esq. is appointed to be Groom-Porter to Her Majesty.

1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Basset-table in Court Poems 9 At the Groom-Porter's, batter'd Bullies play.

1898 Daily News 7 Nov. 4/5 From Christmas to Epiphany, the Groom Porter kept an open gambling-house for the Court.

in extended use.1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man ii. 24 He had scarce talents to be groom-porter to an orange barrow.figurative.1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence i. 57 I appeal to the Reader, whom I make Groom Porter, (termed by Mr. Camb. [= Camden] Aleatorum Arbiter) and let him judge, who plays with False, who Coggs, who slurrs a Dey.

2. plural. Loaded dice. (Cf. quot. 1689 at sense 1.)

ΚΠ

1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Dd2/1 Grumporters, heavy Dice, de gros Dez.

1847 in J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words

Derivatives

groom-portership n. the office of groom-porter.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > in charge of gaming > position of

groom-portership1620

1620 in R. Sanderson Rymer's Fœdera (1717) XVII. 236 Wee..doe give and graunte unto..Clement Cotterell Esquior the Roome and Office of Groomeporter or Groome Portership within all and everie our Howse and Howses.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	groom-porter
释义	groom-portern. Forms: see groom n.¹ and porter n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: groom n.¹, porter n.¹ Etymology: < groom n.¹ + porter n.¹ Obsolete exc. Historical. 1. An officer of the English Royal Household, abolished under George III; his principal functions, at least from the 16th cent., were to regulate all matters connected with gaming within the precincts of the court, to furnish cards and dice, etc., and to decide disputes arising at play. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > in charge of gaming groom-porter1502 1502 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 35 George Hamerton grome porter. 1503–4 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 337 Thomas Hallye, grome portair of the Quenis chamir. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. iv. sig. G4^v They will set him Vpmost, at the Groome-Porters, all the Christmasse. And, for the whole yeare through, at euery place, Where there is play, present him with the Chayre. View more context for this quotation 1678 T. Otway Friendship in Fashion i. 6 I ran to the Groom-Porters last Night and lost my Money. 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 26 Though there be false Dice brought in at the Groom-Porters, and cheating offer'd, yet unless he allow the Cheating, and judge the Dice to be good, there may be hopes of fair play. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4095/3 Thomas Archer Esq. is appointed to be Groom-Porter to Her Majesty. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Basset-table in Court Poems 9 At the Groom-Porter's, batter'd Bullies play. 1898 Daily News 7 Nov. 4/5 From Christmas to Epiphany, the Groom Porter kept an open gambling-house for the Court. in extended use.1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man ii. 24 He had scarce talents to be groom-porter to an orange barrow.figurative.1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence i. 57 I appeal to the Reader, whom I make Groom Porter, (termed by Mr. Camb. [= Camden] Aleatorum Arbiter) and let him judge, who plays with False, who Coggs, who slurrs a Dey. 2. plural. Loaded dice. (Cf. quot. 1689 at sense 1.) ΚΠ 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Dd2/1 Grumporters, heavy Dice, de gros Dez. 1847 in J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Derivatives groom-portership n. the office of groom-porter. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > in charge of gaming > position of groom-portership1620 1620 in R. Sanderson Rymer's Fœdera (1717) XVII. 236 Wee..doe give and graunte unto..Clement Cotterell Esquior the Roome and Office of Groomeporter or Groome Portership within all and everie our Howse and Howses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1502
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