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单词 on-waiter
释义

on-waitern.

Forms: see on- prefix and waiter n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: on- prefix, waiter n.
Etymology: < on- prefix + waiter n. Compare earlier on-wait v., on-waiting n.
Scottish. Obsolete.
A person who attends to or serves another. Also: a person who waits or is made to wait, esp. for a long time.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > [noun] > one who waits
abider1499
on-waiter1601
waiter1655
attendant1690
1601 Coll. Rebus Albanicis (1839) 202 The said Lachlane sall await and depend upone the said noble lord and serve him..but dissimulatioune as becummus ane onwaitter and dependar.
1627 in H. Paton Rep. Laing MSS (1914) I. 178 It salbe my lott... During quhilk tyme I am..putt to any bak rowme to be ane idill onwaiter.
1657 Ld. Wariston Diary (1940) III. 70 Maiking his addresse by an onwayter and forced to gae his waye, which was a strainge chaynge.
1679 J. Somerville Memorie Somervilles (1815) II. 113 Being also his constant attender, an onwaiter in all the journeys he made to the court.
a1693 Z. Boyd Sel. Serm. (1989) v. 233 A wise on waiter must considder well that that wherevpon he waiteth be worthy the waiting on.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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