单词 | overner |
释义 | overnern. English regional (Isle of Wight). A person who is not a native of the Isle of Wight; a visitor from the mainland. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > migrant > [noun] > immigrant > types of new chum1828 old chum1838 old hand1839 overer1871 overner1886 overun1889 landed immigrant1910 migrant1922 economic migrant1933 society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > visitor > to the Isle of Wight overner1886 overun1889 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). < n.1886 |
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