单词 | idleman |
释义 | idlemann. rare. One who has no occupation; †formerly, in Ireland, a ‘gentleman’, as opposed to a working-man. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > gentleman idleman1331 gentleman1509 gent1535 gemmanc1550 gentmana1556 signor1583 gentilhomme1749 nib1819 gentry cove1837 society > occupation and work > worker > one who does not work > [noun] vacant1602 outler1786 idleman1832 non-producer1840 unworker1843 non-worker1851 non-employed1876 out of work1883 out-of-worker1894 unemployed1900 unwaged1981 UB401983 1331 in A. Clarke & F. Holbrooke Rymer & Sanderson's Fœdera (1821) II. ii. 812/2 Item quod nullus..ducat Kernes, nec gentes vocatas Idelmen. 1428–9 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 295 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 Whatt ever man..arreste ony ydelman for ony trespasse done upon forayne grounde..shal pay to the commynes xxti.li. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 511 There are another sort of things called Idle-men or Gentle-men (but nothing gentle do we find from them). 1832 T. Carlyle in Edinb. Rev. July 345 A man, Workman or Idleman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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