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单词 oddsman
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oddsmann.

Forms: pre-1700 oddisman, pre-1700 oddseman, pre-1700 odisman, pre-1700 odsman, 1700s oddsman.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: odd man n.
Etymology: Alteration of odd man n., perhaps after odds n.; compare also earlier oversman n.
Scottish. Obsolete.
An umpire; an arbiter; = odd man n. 1.
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society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > settling quarrels or disputes > arbitration > arbitrator
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1571–2 Court Bk. Broughton & Canongate (1937) 355 And David Vaus odisman and owrisman commonlie chosin be athir pairtie foirsaid.
1583 Decreet Arbitral 22 Apr. in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 266 Oddisman and owrisman, commonlie chosin be avyse and consent of baith the saidis pairteis.
1605 Edinb. Test. XL. f. 101v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Od(d)isman He nominatis James Edmonstoun..& Mr. Malcolme Henrysoun..oddismen and ourismen.
1708 Atholl MSS 6 Jan. in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 464/3 George Viscount of Duphin oddsman chosen by both Parties.
1758 in Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1911) 529 An oddsman or oversman to be mutually chosen by the partys.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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