单词 | manager |
释义 | managern. 1. gen. A person who organizes, directs, or plots something; a person who regulates or deploys resources; †the wielder of a weapon (obsolete). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > one who engages in an activity or occupation > one who deals with handler1537 dealer1586 haberdasher1592 manager1598 conductor1634 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A manager, a handler. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. ii. 173 Adue Valoure, rust Rapier, be still Drum, for your manager is in loue. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 35 Where is our vsuall manager Of mirth? What Reuels are in hand? View more context for this quotation 1615 Bp. J. Hall Imprese of God ii, in Recoll. Treat. 666 War..hath..two directors: Iustice and charity. Iustice, that requires both authority in the menager, and innocence in menaging. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 288 Those that are managers of the Plot amongst us, may either coming or going be taken. View more context for this quotation 1707 G. Hickes Two Treat. i. ii. 16 The Priest is the common Manager..of sacred Affairs betwixt God and the People. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vii. §53. 542 The managers of these Petitions used all Manner of Arts..to gain People's Hands or Marks. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) viii. 72 She was generally spoken of as ‘a great manager’ of children. 1884 Leeds Mercury 30 Apr. 4/6 The government Whips..seem incapable of contending with the astute managers on the other side. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 512/2 As a legate, Albornoz showed himself to be an astute manager of men and effective fighter. 1990 Sports Illustr. 8 Oct. 29/1 Morgan is a..good manager of men. 2. Politics. In the British Houses of Parliament and the U.S. Senate: a member of a committee appointed by one house to confer with a similar committee of the other house (esp. for purposes of arranging conferences between the two houses, or for presenting articles of impeachment). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > member with specific function manager1667 1667 A. Marvell Let. 26 Jan. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 54 We..went up to the Lords to manage the impeachmt against Lord Mordant. Our managers observd that he sat in the house. 1707 S. Sewall Diary (1879) II. 199 A Conference is agreed on: Col. Hawthorne, Col. Hutchinson, Mr. Secretary Addington, Mr. Commissary Belchar are appointed to be Managers. 1789 Deb. Congr. U.S. 28 Sept. (1834) 91 The managers appointed on the part of the Senate to confer on the subject of the disagreement of the two Houses..reported that they could not agree on a report. 1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 4 At the conference the managers for the Lords,..communicated to those for the Commons the Address just agreed to. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 277/2 The conference [between Lords and Commons] is conducted by ‘Managers’ for both houses. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 279/1 The managers should confine themselves to charges contained in the articles of impeachment. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. ix. 152 The number of members of the Commons named managers of a conference is double that of the Lords. 1987 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 81 95/1 Conferees of each chamber (also called managers) are appointed by the presiding officer. 3. A person skilled in controlling or regulating finances and expenditure, esp. of a household; a person who runs a household (well or badly). Frequently with distinguishing adjective. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > of money or affairs husband?1506 economist1604 manager1670 contriver1766 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. ii. 60 Her Estate therefore requir'd both a discreet manager to husband it, and a man well furnish'd with money, to disengage it. 1684 Duke of York Let. 9 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 330 I must recommend to you both to be good managers, and to be sure to live within what you have. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 248. ⁋6 A Man of Business in good Company, who gives an Account of his Abilities..is hardly more insupportable than her they call a Notable Woman, and a Manager. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) vi. 181 Julia's a manager; she's born for rule; And knows her wiser husband is a fool. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman iv. 144 Their husbands acknowledge that they are good managers, and chaste wives. 1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 225 She is not what is called a good manager. 1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold ii Everybody owned that she was a capital manager. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xcv. 501 Mildred was not a good manager, and it cost them as much to live as if they had eaten in restaurants. 1988 N. Lowndes Chekago iv. 154 She was a careful manager with a delight in domestic economy. 4. a. A person who manages (a department of) a business, organization, institution, etc.; a person with an executive or supervisory function within an organization, etc.In spec. senses: a person who runs a theatre, cinema, club, etc.; a person in charge of a factory, bank, or other business or industrial establishment; a person in charge of the financing and production of a publication, as opposed to editorial matters; a person responsible for the general working of a public institution; a person in charge of an event, operation, or campaign. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator purveyora1387 provisora1393 controller1422 administrator1440 administera1443 administrant1602 admin1629 conductor1634 dispensatora1649 dispenser1654 manager1682 mesnagier1693 prepositor1698 wielder1723 administrador1803 policeman1806 administrative1813 manipulator1823 runner1893 case manager1969 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > manager masterc1400 manager1682 boss1806 mgr.1891 taipan1892 oyabun1948 incharge1956 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > manager manager1781 1682 A. Wood Life 22 Nov. The Duke of York hath gained the point as to the penny post against Docuray the manager of it. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 443 The Manager opens his Sluce every Night, and distributes the Water into what Quarters of the Town he pleases. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 341 Said he, I think that little Kentish Purchase wants a Manager. 1764 Oxf. Sausage 38 Some who of old could Tastes and Fashions guide, Controul the Manager and awe the Play'r. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic i. i Now that the manager has monopolized the Opera House, haven't we the signors and signoras calling here. 1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 173 Your physician has thought it his duty to propose to the [workhouse] managers, the vaccination of the whole number. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 182 This is our poor Warwickshire Peasant, who rose to be Manager of a Playhouse. 1870 Act 33 & 34 Victoria c. 75 §3 The term ‘managers’ includes all persons who have the management of any elementary school. 1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. viii. 129 Then we can see the author, the manager. 1905 N. Davis Northerner 108 Carmichael..is Falls's uptown manager, and has his affairs generally in charge during his absence. 1944 W. S. Maugham Razor's Edge iv. 123 We know the manager of the bank in Chicago where Larry has his account. 1992 N.Y. Times 18 Oct. i.1/5 Mary Matalin, deputy manager of the Bush campaign, asserted that Mr. Bush was also gaining ground in individual states. b. In the fields of sport or entertainment: a person who manages or organizes the activities of a person or group of people; spec. †the captain of a cricket team (obsolete). team manager: see team n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > training > [noun] > manager manager1843 team manager1887 tinkerman2002 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > side > captain manager1843 1843 ‘Wykhamist’ Pract. Hints Cricket Frontispiece p. vi There should be one Captain, or Manager of the ‘field’, and one only. 1880 N.Y. Herald 12 July 8/3 He was manager during 1879 of the Providence Club, which..is now flying the championship pennant of the League. 1885 James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Compan. (ed. 41) 59 George Alexander.., the successful manager of the team, only played as an emergency. 1897 N. Innes Ring Rec. & Fistic Facts I. 21 Mr. Tuohey has long been identified with boxers as backer and manager. 1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh i. 12 Dem tarts,..dey're just a side line to pick up some extra dough... Like dey was fighters and I was deir manager, see? 1969 B. James England v Scotland x. 217 Spurs manager Bill Nicholson has an interesting postscript to that decision. 1989 Looks Dec. 102/4 I get on the blower to the press officers and managers and make sure that the acts arrive at the studio on time. 5. Law. A person appointed, usually by a court of chancery, to control, carry on, and account for a business which has fallen into the hands of the court. Cf. receiver n.1 1c. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > of activities manager1793 brand manager1944 society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > administrator appointed by court judicial factora1768 manager1793 1793 F. Vesey Chancery Rep. I. 139 Motion for an order, that the manager of an estate in one of the West India islands should give security faithfully to manage the estate [etc.]. 1821 Jacob & Walker's Chancery Rep. I. 299 Praying..that in the meantime a receiver and manager might be appointed. 1827 F. Vesey Chancery Rep. (ed. 2) XIX. 146 A Motion was made..for a reference to the Master to appoint a Manager and Receiver. 1880 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 14 655 When you come to give proper weight to..the ordinary course of the Court of Chancery in appointing a receiver as distinguished from a manager. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 124/1 Accountants..act as trustees, liquidators, receivers and managers of businesses, the owners of which are in default or their affairs in liquidation. 1992 L. C. B. Gower Princ. Mod. Company Law (ed. 5) (BNC) 440 Where a receiver or manager is appointed then this must be stated in various business documents relating to the company. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598 |
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