piqueurn.

Brit.

/pɪˈk(j)əː/, U.S.

/piˈkər/

Forms: 1500s (Scottish) 1800s picker, 1600s pickure (Scottish), 1700s– piqueur.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French piqueur.

Etymology: < Middle French, French piqueur (1555 in sense 1, 1836 in sense 2) < piquer to spur (see pike v.¹) + -eur -eur suffix.

1. Esp. in France and French-speaking countries: an attendant who directs the hounds during a hunt; a master of hounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > attendant on hounds

fewtererc1400

bernera1425

hound's-swainc1475

brackener1490

piqueur1580

dog boy1612

vauterer1679

whipper-in1739

whipper1826

whip1848

velterer1911

1580 Accts. Treasurer Scotl. f. 43(2) Juliane vicount Italien picker of his maiesties horsis.

1631 Inventory & Acct. Bk. Ld. Buccleuch 29 Oct. Ther was condition maid with the pickure for ryding of the gray horse.

1776 Lady A. Miller Lett. from Italy I. 124 The piqueurs enter the quarters, and drive out the game.

1823 W. Irving in P. M. Irving Life & Lett. W. Irving (1864) II. 139 The king has his forest masters; his chasseurs, piqueurs, jägers, &c.

1863 Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis II. ii. ii. viii. 100 He turned round to take the horn and the hunting-knife from the picker.

1923 H. T. Allen My Rhineland Jrnl. xiv. 327 The meet was at a farmhouse in the woods, but the chief piqueur has reported that the two stags that had been located are no longer there.

1984 MLN 99 796 The young man to his left (our right), traditionally called a piqueur—technically, a master of hounds at a hunt.

2. Esp. in France: an attendant who runs or rides ahead of a procession, carriage, etc., in order to clear the road or ensure safe passage. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe II. vii. 155 The piqueur scouring along the road in advance, like a rocket.

1883 M. K. Waddington Let. 16 May in Lett. Diplomat's Wife (1903) 20 We saw the Princess Frederick Charles in an open carriage with four horses, and a piqueur in front.

1915 H. G. Dwight Constantinople Old & New xv. 450 A piqueur galloped into sight from behind the wall that hid the right-hand stretch of the street.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	piqueur
释义	piqueurn. Brit. /pɪˈk(j)əː/, U.S. /piˈkər/ Forms: 1500s (Scottish) 1800s picker, 1600s pickure (Scottish), 1700s– piqueur. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French piqueur. Etymology: < Middle French, French piqueur (1555 in sense 1, 1836 in sense 2) < piquer to spur (see pike v.¹) + -eur -eur suffix. 1. Esp. in France and French-speaking countries: an attendant who directs the hounds during a hunt; a master of hounds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > attendant on hounds fewtererc1400 bernera1425 hound's-swainc1475 brackener1490 piqueur1580 dog boy1612 vauterer1679 whipper-in1739 whipper1826 whip1848 velterer1911 1580 Accts. Treasurer Scotl. f. 43(2) Juliane vicount Italien picker of his maiesties horsis. 1631 Inventory & Acct. Bk. Ld. Buccleuch 29 Oct. Ther was condition maid with the pickure for ryding of the gray horse. 1776 Lady A. Miller Lett. from Italy I. 124 The piqueurs enter the quarters, and drive out the game. 1823 W. Irving in P. M. Irving Life & Lett. W. Irving (1864) II. 139 The king has his forest masters; his chasseurs, piqueurs, jägers, &c. 1863 Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis II. ii. ii. viii. 100 He turned round to take the horn and the hunting-knife from the picker. 1923 H. T. Allen My Rhineland Jrnl. xiv. 327 The meet was at a farmhouse in the woods, but the chief piqueur has reported that the two stags that had been located are no longer there. 1984 MLN 99 796 The young man to his left (our right), traditionally called a piqueur—technically, a master of hounds at a hunt. 2. Esp. in France: an attendant who runs or rides ahead of a procession, carriage, etc., in order to clear the road or ensure safe passage. Now rare. ΚΠ 1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe II. vii. 155 The piqueur scouring along the road in advance, like a rocket. 1883 M. K. Waddington Let. 16 May in Lett. Diplomat's Wife (1903) 20 We saw the Princess Frederick Charles in an open carriage with four horses, and a piqueur in front. 1915 H. G. Dwight Constantinople Old & New xv. 450 A piqueur galloped into sight from behind the wall that hid the right-hand stretch of the street. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1580
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