单词 | livyer |
释义 | livyern. Canadian. (a) A permanent settler or resident of coastal Newfoundland (esp. as opposed to visiting British fishermen). (b) A permanent settler or resident of the coast of Labrador (as opposed to visiting Newfoundland fishermen). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > [noun] > opposed to foreigner or visitor citizenc1384 privya1400 denizen14.. native1800 livyer1863 1850 E. Feild Jrnl. Voy. Labrador & Newfoundland 27 The whole settlement [sc. Burnt Islands, Newfoundland] has sprung up within ten years, and now there are nearly one hundred 'livers' or settled inhabitants.] 1863 J. Moreton Life & Work in Newfoundland iii. 35 It is said of any uninhabited place that there are no liviers in it. 1881 Earl of Dunraven in 19th Cent. 9 93 A ‘livier’ signifies a person who lives all the year around in a locality, in contradistinction to one who visits it during the fishing season. 1895 W. T. Grenfell Vikings of To-day 57 The summer Labrador settlements are on islands or outside headlands, and here both Newfoundlanders and ‘Livyeres’ dwell, the latter retiring up the bays and inlets, to be nearer wood and game, when the former return to Newfoundland. 1905 N. Duncan Dr. Grenfell's Parish i. 12 The shore fishermen of the remoter Newfoundland coasts, the Labrador ‘liveyeres’, the Indians of the forbidding interior. 1909 Toilers of Deep July 176/1 The permanent inhabitants of the Labrador coast, the ‘liveyers’ are about three thousand in number. 1925 Dial. Notes 5 335 Livyere, one who lives here (in Newfoundland), usually an outport man. 1966 A. R. Scammell My Newfoundland 47 The steamer had just turned the point, whistled hoarsely a couple of times to alert the livyers. 1993 Equinox June 87/1 About half an hour before arriving at a cove or bay where he knows there may be some ‘liveyers’ (people who live there), French calls the community on the ship's Citizens Band radio. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1863 |
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