messorn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛsɔː/, U.S.

/ˈmɛsɔr/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin messor.

Etymology: < classical Latin messor a reaper, harvester (frequently from 1233 in British sources in sense ‘overseer of harvest’) < mess- , past participial stem of metere to reap, cognate with mow v.¹ + -or -or suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman messur reaper. In sense 2 after scientific Latin Messor, genus name (A. Forel 1890, in Ann. Soc. Entomol. de Belgique: Bull. 34 p. lxviii).

†a. A person who reaps or mows; a harvester. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > reaper or mower

reapmanOE

reaperOE

mower1225

shearer1318

puller1332

winner1352

repstera1450

harvestman1552

scytheman1577

harvester1589

sickler1638

messor1656

cradler1766

grass mower1779

thraver1813

reapa1825

bagger1844

cradle-man1889

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Messor, a reaper or mower.

b. A manorial official with responsibility for supervising the reapers. historical.

ΚΠ

1937 H. S. Bennett Life on Eng. Manor 129 [The peasant] also came under the supervision of the local village officials—reeve, messor, beadle, etc.

1970 Speculum 45 200 At a court held 2 August the village messor was ordered to see to it that all sheep of the rector in excess of 100 were removed from the common pasture.

1970 J. J. N. McGurk Dict. Medieval Terms 27/1 Messor, an official appointed to oversee the reapers on the manorial lands.

2. Entomology. A harvester ant of the genus Messor. Also (in form Messor): the genus itself.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > member of genus Messor

messor1910

1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants xvi. 272 He also describes the harvesting habits of another Messor..and of two species of Holcomyrmex peculiar to the sandy and extremely barren portions of the desert.

1924 J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New xii. 68 In the case of the Messor ants of the Sahara there are deep and spacious underground galleries, in which food is accumulated for the dry season.

1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) II. 1239 In species of Messor..the ants have been observed to gather the seeds both from the ground and from the plants.

1995 Jrnl. Exper. Biol. 198 521 In the xeric harvester ant genus Messor, we found that M. pergandei and M. julianus female alates ventilated highly discontinuously.

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

单词	messor
释义	messorn. Brit. /ˈmɛsɔː/, U.S. /ˈmɛsɔr/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin messor. Etymology: < classical Latin messor a reaper, harvester (frequently from 1233 in British sources in sense ‘overseer of harvest’) < mess- , past participial stem of metere to reap, cognate with mow v.¹ + -or -or suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman messur reaper. In sense 2 after scientific Latin Messor, genus name (A. Forel 1890, in Ann. Soc. Entomol. de Belgique: Bull. 34 p. lxviii). 1. †a. A person who reaps or mows; a harvester. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > reaper or mower reapmanOE reaperOE mower1225 shearer1318 puller1332 winner1352 repstera1450 harvestman1552 scytheman1577 harvester1589 sickler1638 messor1656 cradler1766 grass mower1779 thraver1813 reapa1825 bagger1844 cradle-man1889 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Messor, a reaper or mower. b. A manorial official with responsibility for supervising the reapers. historical. ΚΠ 1937 H. S. Bennett Life on Eng. Manor 129 [The peasant] also came under the supervision of the local village officials—reeve, messor, beadle, etc. 1970 Speculum 45 200 At a court held 2 August the village messor was ordered to see to it that all sheep of the rector in excess of 100 were removed from the common pasture. 1970 J. J. N. McGurk Dict. Medieval Terms 27/1 Messor, an official appointed to oversee the reapers on the manorial lands. 2. Entomology. A harvester ant of the genus Messor. Also (in form Messor): the genus itself. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > member of genus Messor messor1910 1910 W. M. Wheeler Ants xvi. 272 He also describes the harvesting habits of another Messor..and of two species of Holcomyrmex peculiar to the sandy and extremely barren portions of the desert. 1924 J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New xii. 68 In the case of the Messor ants of the Sahara there are deep and spacious underground galleries, in which food is accumulated for the dry season. 1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) II. 1239 In species of Messor..the ants have been observed to gather the seeds both from the ground and from the plants. 1995 Jrnl. Exper. Biol. 198 521 In the xeric harvester ant genus Messor, we found that M. pergandei and M. julianus female alates ventilated highly discontinuously. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1656
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