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单词 overner
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overnern.

Brit. /ˈəʊvn̩ə/, /ˈəʊvənə/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərnər/
Forms: 1800s overrunner, 1800s– overner.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overun adj., -er suffix1.
Etymology: Apparently < overun adj. + -er suffix1.In form overrunner perhaps after overrunner n.
English regional (Isle of Wight).
A person who is not a native of the Isle of Wight; a visitor from the mainland.
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1886 W. H. Long Dict. Isle of Wight Dial. 46 Overner, or overun feller, a person whose home is over the water, on the main land; not a native of the Island. West countrymen, who come to work in the Island, are always ‘overun fellers’... ‘I wish it had capsized they there overners, comen across.’
1889 F. Cowper Capt. of Wight x. 130 There'll have to be some overrunners asked over.
1897 Cent. Mag. Dec. 242/1 ‘What sort of a chap is he?’ ‘Oh, well enough for an “overner”,’ growled the other in reply.
1970 Times 25 July 8/7 The distinction between the Islander and the ‘overner’, who comes over for a fortnight.
1990 P. Ward (title) Wight magic, tales of the Isle of Wight, its islanders and overners.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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