-formercomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly, e.g. sixth-former Brit.

/ˈsɪksθfɔːmə/, U.S.

/ˈsɪksθˌfɔrmər/.

Etymology: < form n. 6b + -er suffix¹.

In schools, a member of a specified class or form, as sixth-former.

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1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. ii. 17 A third-former nearly six feet high.

1927 J. Elder Thomasina Toddy xi Sixth and Fifth formers who were in the Elevens.

1927 J. Elder Thomasina Toddy xii They gained on the Sixth-formers' boat.

1928 Daily Express 31 Aug. 15/2 One of them inquired of a small fourth-former whether he had seen any suspicious characters about.

1960 D. Potter Glittering Coffin vi. 82 The choice of grammar school sixth-formers would be Oxford or Cambridge first.

1969 Listener 20 Feb. 252/1 A more likable, fourth-former-to-fourth-former note.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-former
释义	-formercomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly, e.g. sixth-former Brit. /ˈsɪksθfɔːmə/, U.S. /ˈsɪksθˌfɔrmər/. Etymology: < form n. 6b + -er suffix¹. In schools, a member of a specified class or form, as sixth-former. ΚΠ 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. ii. 17 A third-former nearly six feet high. 1927 J. Elder Thomasina Toddy xi Sixth and Fifth formers who were in the Elevens. 1927 J. Elder Thomasina Toddy xii They gained on the Sixth-formers' boat. 1928 Daily Express 31 Aug. 15/2 One of them inquired of a small fourth-former whether he had seen any suspicious characters about. 1960 D. Potter Glittering Coffin vi. 82 The choice of grammar school sixth-formers would be Oxford or Cambridge first. 1969 Listener 20 Feb. 252/1 A more likable, fourth-former-to-fourth-former note. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1869
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