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单词 macquignon
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macquignonn.

Forms: 1700s macquignon, 1800s maquignon.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French maquignon.
Etymology: < French maquignon horse-dealer, horse-courser (in Middle French also in form macquignon ; 1286 in Old French in form maguignon ), perhaps a blend of maquereau (see mackerel n.2) + barguigner (see bargain v.).
Obsolete.
A horse-dealer.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in horses
romonger1222
horse-mongera1400
cosser14..
corser?c1430
horse-corser1552
jockey1640
horse-coper1681
horse-jockey1744
horse-dealer1761
macquignon1798
horse-trader1811
coper1825
horse-cadger1886
1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher III. 126 ‘Lord who?’ said the macquignon in a surly tone. [Note] A sort of jobber in horses who still calls himself a gentleman.
1834 G. P. R. James John Marston Hall x I remember his turning off his chief ecuyer for merely whispering in the street with a maquignon, who was bringing him a horse for sale.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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