单词 | moor-master |
释义 | > as lemmasmoor-master moor-master n. now historical (a) Scottish the superintendent of a moor (sense 3); (b) an officer of the corporation of York; (c) (in Cumberland) a supervisor or manager of a mine. ΚΠ 1762 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. at Muir He has seen the muir drawn by the muir-masters. 1785 Hist. & Antiq. York (1788) I. 249 The chamberlains..had two assistants, called bridge-masters, and mure-masters. 1864 E. Lynn Linton Lake Country 308 Moormaster, the superintendent (not captain) of the mines. < as lemmas |
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