ozekin.

Brit.

/əʊˈzɛki/, U.S.

/oʊˈzɛki/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, ozekis.

Forms: 1800s ozéki, 1900s– o-zeki, 1900s– oozeki, 1900s– ozeki.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese ōzeki.

Etymology: < Japanese ōzeki great wrestler (18th cent.) < ō- great, large + -zeki, combining form of seki barrier, obstruction, high-ranking sumo wrestler, nominalized stem of seku to obstruct, block, check.In quot. 1892 via French.

Sumo.

The second grade of champion, ranking immediately below yokozuna; a wrestler who has attained this grade. Also as a form of address.

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luchador1953

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1892 M. French-Sheldon & E. L. Sheldon tr. F. Régamey Japan in Art & Industry 265 There exist three classes of wrestlers: the aspirants;..the masters;..and the grand-masters, ozéki. The last title can only be obtained by eminent prowess.

1913 Trans. & Proc. Japan Soc. 10 141 Below ‘Rope’ wrestlers come on each side Ozeki, i.e. ‘Great Barrier’, Seki-waki, i.e. ‘Barrier Side’, and Komusubi, i.e. ‘Small Conclusion’.

1919 Asia Jan. 57/2 In each camp there are three leading lights; the O-zeki, or second champion; the Seki-waki, or second assistant champion; and the Komusubi, assistant to the second assistant champion.

1959 J. A. Sargeant Sumo v. 28 Less than half the ozeki make yokozuna, for a man has to have a number of first-class tournament performances tucked in his belt before he's named grand champion.

1993 Daily Tel. 27 Jan. 12/7 The rules call for a holder of the second highest rank of ozeki to be promoted to yokozuna when he wins two consecutive events.

2002 Honolulu Advertiser (Nexis) 21 Sept. 1 d Takanohana, who is in his first tournament since returning from a knee injury, beat ozeki Chiyotaikai, who is tied with two others at 10-3.

2016 Fukuoka Now Nov. 22/1 You should also keep an eye out for the ozeki wrestler Goeido. He won September’s championship with all 15 bouts.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ozeki
释义	ozekin. Brit. /əʊˈzɛki/, U.S. /oʊˈzɛki/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, ozekis. Forms: 1800s ozéki, 1900s– o-zeki, 1900s– oozeki, 1900s– ozeki. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese ōzeki. Etymology: < Japanese ōzeki great wrestler (18th cent.) < ō- great, large + -zeki, combining form of seki barrier, obstruction, high-ranking sumo wrestler, nominalized stem of seku to obstruct, block, check.In quot. 1892 via French. Sumo. The second grade of champion, ranking immediately below yokozuna; a wrestler who has attained this grade. Also as a form of address. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > wrestler > types of sumo1864 sumotori1884 ozeki1892 sumo1893 yokozuna1894 rikishi1907 mud-wrestler1936 baby face1948 luchador1953 heel1958 wrist-wrestler1978 face1998 curtain jerker1999 1892 M. French-Sheldon & E. L. Sheldon tr. F. Régamey Japan in Art & Industry 265 There exist three classes of wrestlers: the aspirants;..the masters;..and the grand-masters, ozéki. The last title can only be obtained by eminent prowess. 1913 Trans. & Proc. Japan Soc. 10 141 Below ‘Rope’ wrestlers come on each side Ozeki, i.e. ‘Great Barrier’, Seki-waki, i.e. ‘Barrier Side’, and Komusubi, i.e. ‘Small Conclusion’. 1919 Asia Jan. 57/2 In each camp there are three leading lights; the O-zeki, or second champion; the Seki-waki, or second assistant champion; and the Komusubi, assistant to the second assistant champion. 1959 J. A. Sargeant Sumo v. 28 Less than half the ozeki make yokozuna, for a man has to have a number of first-class tournament performances tucked in his belt before he's named grand champion. 1993 Daily Tel. 27 Jan. 12/7 The rules call for a holder of the second highest rank of ozeki to be promoted to yokozuna when he wins two consecutive events. 2002 Honolulu Advertiser (Nexis) 21 Sept. 1 d Takanohana, who is in his first tournament since returning from a knee injury, beat ozeki Chiyotaikai, who is tied with two others at 10-3. 2016 Fukuoka Now Nov. 22/1 You should also keep an eye out for the ozeki wrestler Goeido. He won September’s championship with all 15 bouts. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892
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