Kiwanisn.

Brit.

/kɪˈwɑːnɪs/, U.S.

/kəˈwɑnəs/

Etymology: Origin obscure.

In full, Kiwanis Club. A society of business and professional men formed in Detroit in 1915 for the maintenance of commercial ethics, and as a social and charitable organization; any similar society formed later elsewhere in the U.S.A. or in Canada.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > specific business or professional association

Kiwanis Club1921

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 16 Mar. 5/4 An initiation ceremony for the purpose of welcoming into the organization three new members took place at the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis Club yesterday.

1922 Collier's 29 Apr. 5/2 It had a civic association, and Rotary, Kiwanis, and Lion Clubs.

1948 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 30 Mar. 3/1 A class of older girls recently entertained the local Kiwanis club.

1964 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 5 Jan. (1970) 30 We drove to the little house in Johnson City.., which we are having restored as a Community Center, where, hopefully, 4-H youngsters or the PTA, or Kiwanis, or Lions, or ladies' groups, or whatever can hold their meetings.

1972 Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner 3 Nov. 1/2 Alaska Attorney General John Havelock analyzed and approved the moral basis of Alaska's Oil Legislation in an address before a joint Kiwanis banquet here last night.

Derivatives

Kiˈwanian n. a member of a Kiwanis Club.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > member of specific association

viner1674

Kiwanian1921

Jaycee1946

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 30 Mar. 7/5 As Kiwanians and citizens, Mr Smith claimed, it was a duty to look after the children.

1926 Glasgow Herald 18 Sept. 4 Take Galveston, for example... A newspaper describes how the local Kiwanians and their lady friends..rounded off an evening's delight by indulging in a hand-shaking competition.

1949 Amer. Speech 24 29 Virginians..show little of the exuberant affability of a Midwestern Rotarian or Kiwanian.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kiwanis
释义	Kiwanisn. Brit. /kɪˈwɑːnɪs/, U.S. /kəˈwɑnəs/ Etymology: Origin obscure. In full, Kiwanis Club. A society of business and professional men formed in Detroit in 1915 for the maintenance of commercial ethics, and as a social and charitable organization; any similar society formed later elsewhere in the U.S.A. or in Canada. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > specific business or professional association Kiwanis Club1921 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 16 Mar. 5/4 An initiation ceremony for the purpose of welcoming into the organization three new members took place at the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis Club yesterday. 1922 Collier's 29 Apr. 5/2 It had a civic association, and Rotary, Kiwanis, and Lion Clubs. 1948 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 30 Mar. 3/1 A class of older girls recently entertained the local Kiwanis club. 1964 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 5 Jan. (1970) 30 We drove to the little house in Johnson City.., which we are having restored as a Community Center, where, hopefully, 4-H youngsters or the PTA, or Kiwanis, or Lions, or ladies' groups, or whatever can hold their meetings. 1972 Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner 3 Nov. 1/2 Alaska Attorney General John Havelock analyzed and approved the moral basis of Alaska's Oil Legislation in an address before a joint Kiwanis banquet here last night. Derivatives Kiˈwanian n. a member of a Kiwanis Club. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > member of specific association viner1674 Kiwanian1921 Jaycee1946 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 30 Mar. 7/5 As Kiwanians and citizens, Mr Smith claimed, it was a duty to look after the children. 1926 Glasgow Herald 18 Sept. 4 Take Galveston, for example... A newspaper describes how the local Kiwanians and their lady friends..rounded off an evening's delight by indulging in a hand-shaking competition. 1949 Amer. Speech 24 29 Virginians..show little of the exuberant affability of a Midwestern Rotarian or Kiwanian. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1921
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