meet-the-peopleadj.

Brit.

/ˈmiːtðəˌpiːpl/, U.S.

/ˈmitðəˈˌpip(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to meet the people.

Etymology: < phrase to meet the people ( < meet v. + the adj. + people n.), used especially with reference to a public visit by a prominent person.The phrase was popularized by the 1940 musical revue Meet the People by Sol Barzman and Louis Lantz (including a song of the same name), in which a Broadway star goes on tour and takes a job as a welder in a shipyard (compare quot. 1943 at meet v. 3a); a film version starring Lucille Ball was released in 1944.

Originally U.S.

attributive. Designating a tour, etc., made by a prominent person or dignitary to meet members of the general public.

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1943 Hammond (Indiana) Times 19 May 19/3 He and Bill Veeck..have made big money in Milwaukee with their meet-the-people ‘beer and sandwich’ regime, a tacit acknowledgement thatt the public is neitther a robot nor a chump.

1959 Economist 30 May 820/2 Their ‘meet-the-people’ tours of factories and shipyards.

1975 Times 2 July 6/2 The Belgian Prime Minister..continued his meet-the-people tour in Edinburgh yesterday.

1999 Times 11 Aug. 2/4 Before embarking on his first meet-the-people stomp,..Kennedy..lunched..in Millbank.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meet-the-people
释义	meet-the-peopleadj. Brit. /ˈmiːtðəˌpiːpl/, U.S. /ˈmitðəˈˌpip(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to meet the people. Etymology: < phrase to meet the people ( < meet v. + the adj. + people n.), used especially with reference to a public visit by a prominent person.The phrase was popularized by the 1940 musical revue Meet the People by Sol Barzman and Louis Lantz (including a song of the same name), in which a Broadway star goes on tour and takes a job as a welder in a shipyard (compare quot. 1943 at meet v. 3a); a film version starring Lucille Ball was released in 1944. Originally U.S. attributive. Designating a tour, etc., made by a prominent person or dignitary to meet members of the general public. ΚΠ 1943 Hammond (Indiana) Times 19 May 19/3 He and Bill Veeck..have made big money in Milwaukee with their meet-the-people ‘beer and sandwich’ regime, a tacit acknowledgement thatt the public is neitther a robot nor a chump. 1959 Economist 30 May 820/2 Their ‘meet-the-people’ tours of factories and shipyards. 1975 Times 2 July 6/2 The Belgian Prime Minister..continued his meet-the-people tour in Edinburgh yesterday. 1999 Times 11 Aug. 2/4 Before embarking on his first meet-the-people stomp,..Kennedy..lunched..in Millbank. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1943
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