| 单词 | letter bearer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletter bearer letter bearer n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > person or vehicle that carries letters or mail > [noun] > person letter bearera1400 breveterc1440 post1507 letter carrier1552 post boy1588 ordinary1592 packet carrier1606 postie1611 woman-posta1616 postwoman1683 letterman1707 postman1758 packeteer1784 letter boy1794 carrier1798 delivery officer1839 post-girl1850 mailman1881 packeter1893 postlady1975 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 7907 Al letter-berers for-þi. ta ensaumple be vrry. 1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 288 If to do a thing by the hands of another, do alwayes signifie a supreme authoritie in the partie by whose handes it is done, then were ye Princes Pursiuant or letter bearer, aboue the Lieutenant, Iudge, or Deputie, to whom the letter is sent. 1695 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. VII. ix. 91 The Letter-bearer was manifestly proved to be an Ill Man. 1783 T. Jefferson Let. 14 Apr. in Papers (1952) VI. 261 The Carolina letter bearer is here. 1866 J. T. Trowbridge Lucy Arlyn ii. 21 No savage growl or sudden onset of wolfish brutes leaping out from shadowy places threatened the timorous letter-bearer. 1996 P. J. Arnade Realms of Ritual iii. 88 Others greeted the letter bearers..with an elaborate ceremony. < as lemmas |
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