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单词 jeames
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Jeamesn.

/dʒiːmz/
Etymology: Obsolete form of the personal name James (see James n.).c1600 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Cornwall Ded. To the most high and mightie Prince Ieames, by diuine prouidence, kinge of Englande, Scotland, Fraunce, and Irelande.c1600 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Cornwall (1728) 22 That is betwene St. Jeames tide and the feast of All Saynts.
(After Thackeray) a ludicrous name for a liveried footman.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > [noun] > liveried > footman or flunkey
footman1662
flunkey1786
yellow-plush1841
Jeames1846
Thomas1846
John Thomas1860
little man1885
1846 W. M. Thackeray (title) The Diary of C. Jeames de la Pluche, Esq.
1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xxxvii Jeames with his cocked hat and long cane, [is] passing out of the world.
1875 J. Grant One of Six Hundred xv She and her family..attended by a tall ‘Jeames’ in plush.

Derivatives

Jeames-ism n. flunkeyism.Apparently an isolated use.
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1883 Athenæum 13 Oct. 459/1 ‘Students of the social history and manners of courts’—which seems to be the latest modern euphemism for ‘Jeames-ism’ in literature.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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