| 单词 | hagmaster |
| 释义 | > as lemmashagmaster hagmaster n. (also agg-master, hagg-master) now historical a person who organizes and oversees the work of manual labourers, esp. a subcontractor supplying casual labour. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman stewarda1400 surveyorc1440 supervisorc1454 overlookera1513 workmaster1525 supervisora1529 foreman1574 superintendent1575 overman1606 headman1725 overseer1766 gang leader1775 hagmaster1797 maistry1798 gangsman1803 kangany1817 capataz1826 gangman1830 ganger1836 gaffer1841 gang boss1863 ramrod1881 charge-man1885 mandor1885 captain1886 overganger1887 ephor1890 pusher1901 gangster1913 line manager1960 1797 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 29 July Our chief Engineer.., and by upwards of five hundred of the Inspectors, Foremen, Hagmasters, and Workmen, employed on our Works [sc. of the Grand Union Canal Company]. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 8 Agg-master, one who contracts for the completion of a specific work or portion of work at a stipulated price, employing others to execute it under his supervision. 1863 Shrewsbury Chron. 22 May 3/4 The bulk of the earth works on the Mid-Wales was let to ‘hag-masters’, so that it was impossible to have any institution of that character [sc. a funeral or sick fund]. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Hag-master, the overseer who apportions out the ‘hag-work’. 1983 D. Sullivan Navvyman viii. 74 The W&B [sc. the Worcester and Birmingham Canal Company] were odd in the care they took. They once sent a hagmaster to the offices of Aris's Gazette to correct a news item about a navvy's death the paper had just printed. < as lemmas |
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