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单词 homester
释义

homestern.

Brit. /ˈhəʊmstə/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmstər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: home n.1, -ster suffix.
Etymology: < home n.1 + -ster suffix.
1. A person devoted to staying at home, a homebody. Now rare.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > attachment to home life > person
house dove1579
houseling1598
house bird1601
home-sittera1657
housekeepera1741
Sunday man1769
homester1819
homebird1821
homebody1821
stay-at-home1836
homeboy1847
homegirl1847
stay-putter1927
1819 L. Hunt in Examiner 20 Sept. 600/1 With as much sense of its [sc. domestic happiness] value..as the soundest homester among us.
1837 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 87 That inward transport, that chuckle of the heart, with which tired homesters are in the habit of turning those corners.
1899 N. Munro Gilian the Dreamer iv. 48 The house..where Miss Mary sat the lee-lone homester among her wanderers returned.
2000 Design Issues Autumn 9 The Utopia of the ‘homester’ appears to be typical of the American visions of the ‘intelligent’ and safe home.
2. British. Sport. A person playing on his or her home territory. Esp. in plural: the home team.
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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players
server1585
free agent1649
benchwarmer1662
puncher1681
sticker1779
hard hitter1790
hitter1813
go-devil1835
beneficiaire1841
colt1846
heavyweight1857
stayer1862
left-hander1864
attack1869
cap1879
international1882
roadman1886
big leaguer1887
homester1887
sand lotter1887
badger1890
internationalist1892
repeater1893
anchorman1895
grandstander1896
stylist1897
homebrew1903
letterman1905
toss-loser1906
fouler1908
rookie1908
mudder1912
sharpshooter1912
pro-amateur1919
receiver1919
southpaw1925
freestyler1927
hotshot1927
active1931
all-timer1936
iceman1936
wild card1940
scrambler1954
rounder1955
franchise1957
call-up1960
trialist1960
non-import1964
sandbagger1965
rebel1982
wide-body1986
1887 Blackburn Standard 5 Nov. 7/1 The homesters..thought they had a good chance of winning.
1893 Westm. Gaz. 16 June 5/3 The homesters winning the toss put together the capital score of 305, whilst the Australians before the call of time lost three good wickets for 41 runs.
1900 Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 15 Sept. 8/4 Albion attacked, and an error by a homester nearly let them in.
1951 Sport 27 Jan. 7/3 A Cunliffe goal made the issue certain for the homesters.
1998 Guardian 2 Sept. ii. 9/4 The homesters were unashamedly intent on putting their upstart rivals from America in their place.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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