单词 | homester |
释义 | homestern. 1. A person devoted to staying at home, a homebody. Now rare. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1819 |
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