单词 | hireman |
释义 | hiremann. Obsolete or dialect. A hired man, hired servant; retainer. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > hireling hiremanc975 hirelingc1000 leȝhemannc1175 allowes1348 merchantc1384 mercenaryc1387 hiring manc1425 pensioner1472 wageling?1545 pensionary1548 hired woman1639 help1645 engagee1808 c975 Rushw. Gosp. Mark i. 20 Forlet fæder his zebedeus in scipe mið þæm hyremonnum. a1100 Gerefa in Anglia (1886) 9 260 Symle he sceal his hyrmen scyrpan mid manunge. 12.. Fragm. Ælfric's Gram. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. 552/20 Mercennarius, hurmon. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 48 Alse ys hirmon halt in hous. 17.. Hireman Chiel in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Ballads (1861) VIII. 234 He..has put on the hireman's coat, To keip him frae the cold. 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 15 (Jam.) The wages of a hireman, that is, a man-servant hired for the half year..now are £3, or £3 10s. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.c975 |
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