请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 man-milliner
释义

man-millinern.

Brit. /ˌmanˈmɪlᵻnə/, U.S. /ˌmænˈmɪlənər/
Inflections: Plural man-milliners, men-milliners.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: man n.1, milliner n.
Etymology: < man n.1 + milliner n.
Now historical.
A male milliner. Hence derogatory: a vain, trifling, or effeminate man (rare in later use).
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in textiles, clothing, or yarns > in hats
hatter1212
hurrer1403
milliner1530
haberdasher1566
man-milliner1787
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > millinery > milliner > types of
chamber milliner1760
man-milliner1787
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > of little importance > types of > one who is busy with trivial pursuits
man-milliner1787
1787 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 95 Theatrical Register..Covent Garden Jan. 27. The Orphan—The Man Milliner.
1792 Col. Floyd Let. 4 Oct. in R. Southey Life A. Bell (1844) I. 439 Many unfortunate young gentlemen are put into the army by their barbarous friends,..who have not constitutions for a man-milliner.
1797 R. Southey Lett. from Spain xvi. 277 I look upon a Man milliner not only as one of the most despicable members of society, but as one of the most injurious.
1807 Sporting Mag. 29 185 The plaintiff is a Haberdasher and Man-milliner living in Piccadilly.
1813 Examiner 1 Feb. 76/2 Some men milliners deprecate the employment of women.
1814 W. Hazlitt Polit. Ess. (1819) 66 The Morning Herald sheds tears of joy over the fashionable virtues of the rising generation, and finds that we shall make better man-milliners, better lacqueys, and better courtiers than ever.
1839 T. Hook Births, Deaths & Marriages I. ii. 53 He's an empty-pated fellow, and as conceited as a man-milliner.
1850 W. M. Thackeray Contrib. to Punch in Wks. (Biogr. ed.) VI. 691 One of those twopenny-halfpenny men-milliner moralists.
1901 Westm. Gaz. 5 Feb. 5/2 One of the leading man-milliners hopes the strike [of ladies' tailors in Paris] will succeed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1787
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/1 7:03:14