单词 | mortmainer |
释义 | † mortmainern. Obsolete. A person who holds a mortmain. In quot. figurative: one who lays a ‘dead hand’ upon (cf. dead-hand n. 1b).Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1808 J. W. Croker Sketch State Irel. 40 One-third of them [sc. clergy] are not resident–absentees from their duties–mortmainers upon the land! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1808 |
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