oversmann.

Brit.

/ˈəʊvəzmən/,

/ˈəʊvəzˌman/, U.S.

/ˈoʊvərzˌmæn/, Scottish English

/ˈovərzmən/

Inflections: Plural oversmen.

Forms: pre-1700 orisman, pre-1700 ouerisman, pre-1700 ouersman, pre-1700 ouirsman, pre-1700 ouresman, pre-1700 ourisman, pre-1700 overseman, pre-1700 oversmane, pre-1700 ovirisman, pre-1700 ovirsman, pre-1700 owerisman, pre-1700 owersman, pre-1700 owirsman, pre-1700 owrisman, pre-1700 1700s oursman, pre-1700 1700s– oversman, pre-1700 2000s– owrsman, 1700s overisman, 1800s hoursman, 1800s– owresman.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: overman n.

Etymology: Alteration of overman n., after genitive compounds in man n.¹, as e.g. doomsman n., redesman n., etc. Compare with similar alteration lodesman n. (beside earlier lodeman n.), oddsman n. (beside earlier odd man n.), etc. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (ō^u·vəɹzmæ̆n) /ˈəʊvəzmən/.

Scottish.

1. Law. An arbiter; spec. a person appointed to decide on the outcome of an arbitrated dispute where the arbiters previously appointed have been unable to agree on a settlement. Cf. overman n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > [noun] > one who arbitrates

arbitrer1382

judge1385

umpire?c1400

overman1424

arbitrator1426

oversman1492

daysman1530

referendary1546

arbiter1548

referee1549

moderator1556

awarder1561

deciser1563

decider?1568

decisor1569

settler1598

disceptator1623

umpirer1650

referrer1661

1492 Coll. Rebus Albanicis (1839) 84 Thai haue chosin for thame baith to ouirsman our Lord Bischoip of Murreff.

1521 Protocol Bk. J. Foular (1930) II. 101 My lord Erskine and the lard of Keir is chosin ouirsmen in a voce.

1593 in J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 153 Each shall choose so many out of his awin Presbyterie with an oversman.

1645 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1870) 453/2 If they cannot agrie on ane oversman or that the oddseman choosune be them shall not decerne.

1667 in W. G. Scott-Moncrieff Rec. Proc. Justiciary Court Edinb. (1905) I. 192 At other times when they wrought they did it most irregularly in manner lybelled and condescended on, contrain to the Injunctions of the oversman.

a1707 D. Hume Domest. Details (1843) App. 93 Settled by..decreet arbitral pronunced by the deceast Mr John Frank and Mr Thomas Skeen advocats arbiters and the Lord Mersingtoun oversman.

1748 in Muniments Royal Burgh Irvine (1891) 138 The said Bridge is to be visited by William Fullartoun of Fullartoun Esquire as umpire or oversman who is hereby appointed to determine the condition of the said Bridge.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 692 An oversman is an umpire appointed by a submission to decide where two arbiters have differed in opinion, or he is named by the arbiters themselves.

1955 Scotsman 26 Jan. 11 When two arbiters are appointed to determine a disputed question and no provision is made for an oversman.

1987 R. L. C. Hunter Law of Arbitration in Scotl. 33 Often the oversman was of a higher rank than the arbitrators, to give the decree added force, and indeed the word ‘oversman’ has—or had at one time—a connotation of social inferiority.

a. A supervisor, an overseer, an inspector; a man holding an official position of authority over others. Cf. overman n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority

mastereOE

herOE

lordOE

overmana1325

overling1340

seignior1393

prelatea1475

oversman1505

signor1583

hogen mogen1639

boss-cocky1898

man1918

trump1937

authority figure1948

Great White Father1960

1505 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 102 That we [sc. barbers and surgeons] micht have yeirlie chosin amangis ws ane kirkmaister and ourisman to quhome the haill brether of the craftis foirsaid sall obey.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 127 In euerie prouince ar owrismen quhome of ane ald titil we cal Schirreffis.

1664 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1905) III. 38 The saidis gairners sall have ane oversman or visitour.

1696 Reg. Acts Wrights of Glasgow (1887) 21 The deacon and masteris of the Wrights of Glasgow, being mett to choyse a oversman for the Wrights of Gorballs.

1718 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1909) V. 6 The magistrats to call before them the deacon of the flesheris and his masters with the oversman of the land mercat and his masters.

1725 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1909) V. 240 The said oversman after he is elected shall have liberty to make choice of two of their number to be his masters of craft.

1784 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. IV: Pt. i. 361 The grieve or oversman told me he had attempted summer-fallow.

1995 Chapman No. 82. 78 He whyles helpit Andra Duffy, the cemetery owresman, at the grave-diggin.

2020 J. W. McGinty in Eiks an Ens Newslet. (Scots Lang. Soc.) Oct. 2 Ma Grandfaither had been owrsman o the coopers at Tennants Brewery in Dennistoun for mony years.

b. spec. A foreman or supervisor in a mine or colliery. Cf. overman n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > supervisor

banksman1486

overman1606

oversman1668

viewer1708

keeker1863

underlooker1871

underviewer?1881

veerer1883

1668 in T. J. Salmon Borrowstounness (1913) 67 Hendrie Measson, his oversman [sc. of a coal-mine].

1713 in W. Grossart Hist. Notices Parish Shotts (1880) 240 An oversman had one hundred pounds... The redder of the heugh had a firlot of meal and ane pound of candle in the week.

c1770 D. Bremner Industries (1869) 21 Exactly a century ago the wages paid to the men, all serfs, who worked at Newbattle Colliery, were as follows:- Grieve, 7s. a-week; oversman, 10s; banksman, 6s 7d.

1842 App. 1st Rep. Commisioners: Mines (Children's Employm. Comm.) i. 435 in Parl. Papers XVI. 1 The duty of the above-ground oversman is to watch over the transactions and business done at the pit's mouth. In most cases acts as coal-grieve, or clerk.

1957 Scotsman 21 Nov. in Sc. National Dict. VI. 529/1 James Marshall..who as oversman on the back-shift of 169 men, dashed to warn men in adjoining sections of their danger.

1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 29 Jan. 18 His own father had died from breathing in black damp as an oversman down the pit.

†3. Law. A person appointed by the testator to supervise or assist the executor(s) of a will. Cf. overseer n. 1b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > management or disposal of estate > one who > one who assists or supervises

overseer1402

surveyor1420

survisor1449

supervisor1456

oversman1540

overman1557

superviser1616

1540 in 6th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1877) 670/2 I..ordinis [3 persons as executors] and Robert Abbot of Kinloss ouersman, to my letter will.

1547 in Misc. New Spalding Club (1890) I. 309 The said oversman to do nathing without awys of all the said executoris.

1564 in Hamilton & Campsie Test. I. 6 Jhone Criag & William Criag our executouris & Jhone Mungymry owrisman.

1593 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1882) 1st Ser. V. 83 The quhilk soume hir saidis curatouris and the said Johnne Blair of that ilk, as ouerisman to hir, intromettit with.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oversman
释义	oversmann. Brit. /ˈəʊvəzmən/, /ˈəʊvəzˌman/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərzˌmæn/, Scottish English /ˈovərzmən/ Inflections: Plural oversmen. Forms: pre-1700 orisman, pre-1700 ouerisman, pre-1700 ouersman, pre-1700 ouirsman, pre-1700 ouresman, pre-1700 ourisman, pre-1700 overseman, pre-1700 oversmane, pre-1700 ovirisman, pre-1700 ovirsman, pre-1700 owerisman, pre-1700 owersman, pre-1700 owirsman, pre-1700 owrisman, pre-1700 1700s oursman, pre-1700 1700s– oversman, pre-1700 2000s– owrsman, 1700s overisman, 1800s hoursman, 1800s– owresman. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: overman n. Etymology: Alteration of overman n., after genitive compounds in man n.¹, as e.g. doomsman n., redesman n., etc. Compare with similar alteration lodesman n. (beside earlier lodeman n.), oddsman n. (beside earlier odd man n.), etc. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (ō^u·vəɹzmæ̆n) /ˈəʊvəzmən/. Scottish. 1. Law. An arbiter; spec. a person appointed to decide on the outcome of an arbitrated dispute where the arbiters previously appointed have been unable to agree on a settlement. Cf. overman n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > settlement of dispute, arbitration > [noun] > one who arbitrates arbitrer1382 judge1385 umpire?c1400 overman1424 arbitrator1426 oversman1492 daysman1530 referendary1546 arbiter1548 referee1549 moderator1556 awarder1561 deciser1563 decider?1568 decisor1569 settler1598 disceptator1623 umpirer1650 referrer1661 1492 Coll. Rebus Albanicis (1839) 84 Thai haue chosin for thame baith to ouirsman our Lord Bischoip of Murreff. 1521 Protocol Bk. J. Foular (1930) II. 101 My lord Erskine and the lard of Keir is chosin ouirsmen in a voce. 1593 in J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 153 Each shall choose so many out of his awin Presbyterie with an oversman. 1645 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1870) 453/2 If they cannot agrie on ane oversman or that the oddseman choosune be them shall not decerne. 1667 in W. G. Scott-Moncrieff Rec. Proc. Justiciary Court Edinb. (1905) I. 192 At other times when they wrought they did it most irregularly in manner lybelled and condescended on, contrain to the Injunctions of the oversman. a1707 D. Hume Domest. Details (1843) App. 93 Settled by..decreet arbitral pronunced by the deceast Mr John Frank and Mr Thomas Skeen advocats arbiters and the Lord Mersingtoun oversman. 1748 in Muniments Royal Burgh Irvine (1891) 138 The said Bridge is to be visited by William Fullartoun of Fullartoun Esquire as umpire or oversman who is hereby appointed to determine the condition of the said Bridge. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 692 An oversman is an umpire appointed by a submission to decide where two arbiters have differed in opinion, or he is named by the arbiters themselves. 1955 Scotsman 26 Jan. 11 When two arbiters are appointed to determine a disputed question and no provision is made for an oversman. 1987 R. L. C. Hunter Law of Arbitration in Scotl. 33 Often the oversman was of a higher rank than the arbitrators, to give the decree added force, and indeed the word ‘oversman’ has—or had at one time—a connotation of social inferiority. 2. a. A supervisor, an overseer, an inspector; a man holding an official position of authority over others. Cf. overman n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority mastereOE herOE lordOE overmana1325 overling1340 seignior1393 prelatea1475 oversman1505 signor1583 hogen mogen1639 boss-cocky1898 man1918 trump1937 authority figure1948 Great White Father1960 1505 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 102 That we [sc. barbers and surgeons] micht have yeirlie chosin amangis ws ane kirkmaister and ourisman to quhome the haill brether of the craftis foirsaid sall obey. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 127 In euerie prouince ar owrismen quhome of ane ald titil we cal Schirreffis. 1664 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1905) III. 38 The saidis gairners sall have ane oversman or visitour. 1696 Reg. Acts Wrights of Glasgow (1887) 21 The deacon and masteris of the Wrights of Glasgow, being mett to choyse a oversman for the Wrights of Gorballs. 1718 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1909) V. 6 The magistrats to call before them the deacon of the flesheris and his masters with the oversman of the land mercat and his masters. 1725 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1909) V. 240 The said oversman after he is elected shall have liberty to make choice of two of their number to be his masters of craft. 1784 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. IV: Pt. i. 361 The grieve or oversman told me he had attempted summer-fallow. 1995 Chapman No. 82. 78 He whyles helpit Andra Duffy, the cemetery owresman, at the grave-diggin. 2020 J. W. McGinty in Eiks an Ens Newslet. (Scots Lang. Soc.) Oct. 2 Ma Grandfaither had been owrsman o the coopers at Tennants Brewery in Dennistoun for mony years. b. spec. A foreman or supervisor in a mine or colliery. Cf. overman n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > supervisor banksman1486 overman1606 oversman1668 viewer1708 keeker1863 underlooker1871 underviewer?1881 veerer1883 1668 in T. J. Salmon Borrowstounness (1913) 67 Hendrie Measson, his oversman [sc. of a coal-mine]. 1713 in W. Grossart Hist. Notices Parish Shotts (1880) 240 An oversman had one hundred pounds... The redder of the heugh had a firlot of meal and ane pound of candle in the week. c1770 D. Bremner Industries (1869) 21 Exactly a century ago the wages paid to the men, all serfs, who worked at Newbattle Colliery, were as follows:- Grieve, 7s. a-week; oversman, 10s; banksman, 6s 7d. 1842 App. 1st Rep. Commisioners: Mines (Children's Employm. Comm.) i. 435 in Parl. Papers XVI. 1 The duty of the above-ground oversman is to watch over the transactions and business done at the pit's mouth. In most cases acts as coal-grieve, or clerk. 1957 Scotsman 21 Nov. in Sc. National Dict. VI. 529/1 James Marshall..who as oversman on the back-shift of 169 men, dashed to warn men in adjoining sections of their danger. 1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 29 Jan. 18 His own father had died from breathing in black damp as an oversman down the pit. †3. Law. A person appointed by the testator to supervise or assist the executor(s) of a will. Cf. overseer n. 1b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > management or disposal of estate > one who > one who assists or supervises overseer1402 surveyor1420 survisor1449 supervisor1456 oversman1540 overman1557 superviser1616 1540 in 6th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1877) 670/2 I..ordinis [3 persons as executors] and Robert Abbot of Kinloss ouersman, to my letter will. 1547 in Misc. New Spalding Club (1890) I. 309 The said oversman to do nathing without awys of all the said executoris. 1564 in Hamilton & Campsie Test. I. 6 Jhone Criag & William Criag our executouris & Jhone Mungymry owrisman. 1593 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1882) 1st Ser. V. 83 The quhilk soume hir saidis curatouris and the said Johnne Blair of that ilk, as ouerisman to hir, intromettit with. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1492
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