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单词 operatist
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operatistn.1

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin operāt- , operārī , -ist suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin operāt-, past participial stem of operārī operate v. + -ist suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
1. An operator; a surgeon.
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society > occupation and work > worker > [noun]
man1381
workera1382
labourerc1400
piner1497
pair of hands1598
operator1611
operatist1651
operative1809
operant1831
ouvrier1845
scissorbill1910
rehire1927
1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours i. vi. 24 Manual Operatists [L. chirurgos operarios]..such as couch the Cataract.
2. U.S. A person skilled in a particular task.
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1839 Lady's Bk. Mar. 115 Like many another skilful operatist, Mrs. Staples found it more trouble to teach an unwilling learner, than to do things herself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

operatistn.2

Brit. /ˈɒp(ə)rətɪst/, U.S. /ˈɑp(ə)rədəst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: operatic adj.1, -ist suffix.
Etymology: < operat- (in operatic adj.1) + -ist suffix.
A performer or composer of operas.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > [noun]
performer1614
artist1714
exhibitionist1821
operatist1864
1864 Christian Recorder 17 Sept. 150/6 Madam Magnan, the celebrated operatist, stepped forward and took the audience by surprise, with her nightingale-like voice.
1930 I. Goldberg Tin Pan Alley vii. 181 Victor Herbert, of all the early comic-operatists, became the darling of the American public.
1951 A. G. Mazour Russia, Past & Present xiii. 290 Even Tchaikovsky tried harder to be an operatist than a symphonist.
2002 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 1 Feb. 54 The mezzo-soprano operatist and gospel singer Nora Cole.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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