| 单词 | mealman | 
| 释义 | mealmann. Now historical.   A person who deals in meal or flour. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > 			[noun]		 > in food and drink > in specific foodstuffs saltera1000 oilman1275 oysterman1305 pepperer1309 butchera1325 mealman1527 pepper mana1661 butter factor1696 porkman1749 flour-factor1815 macaroni dealer1854 1527    in  J. Imrie et al.  Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk 		(1960)	 91  				Als mony half furlatis as vyll sereff all the mellmen. 1552    R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum  				Mealeman or meale seller, suffarraneus. 1556    in  J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars 		(1852)	 77  				Alle save only the mele-men. 1645    in  B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 		(1998)	 33  				The Informacion of Nicholas Cleere of Barking Mealeman taken vpon Oath. 1679    London Gaz. No. 1407/4  				Mr. Acres Meal~man. 1733    W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming xxxvii. 303  				As the Colour of its Flour is brown, rough, and of an ill Scent, the Mealman much hates it. 1751    S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Henley upon Thames  				The inhabitants are generally maltsters, mealmen and bargemen. 1802    in  Spirit of Public Jrnls. 		(1803)	 6 89  				All our meal-men and millers are Esquires. 1854    Census Great Brit. 1851: Population Tables II I. p. cxxiv/2  				Mealman, bran-dealer. 1915    Econ. Jrnl. 25 576  				Defoe shows us the bakers of London absorbing the middleman function of the meal~man by going up country to buy their flour. 1992    Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 52 104  				Food and drink trades included butcher, baker, chandler,..mealman, tallow chandler, victualler, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < | 
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