单词 | nether clerk |
释义 | nether clerkn. Misreading (see quot. 1567), associating ‘nether’ with ‘clerk’ as an attributive adjective, rather than with ‘Rankelour’ as postmodifier (see Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Nether adj.1 2). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > clerk or secretary > subordinate under-clerk1394 nether clerk1567 1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 614 Maister James Makgill of Rankelour, Nethir Clerk of Register. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1567 |
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