place-huntern.

Brit.

/ˈpleɪshʌntə/, U.S.

/ˈpleɪsˌ(h)ən(t)ər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: place n.¹, hunter n.

Etymology: < place n.¹ (compare place n.¹ 14) + hunter n.

Chiefly depreciative. Now rare (chiefly archaic).

A person who persistently seeks a job in government service, usually for self-advancement. Cf. placeman n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > one who seeks employment > who has or seeks type of position

place-hunter1713

office-hunter1795

office-seeker1808

sinecurist1817

1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 29. ⁋16 The Ionick laugh..is esteemed by judicious place-hunters a more particular mark of distinction than the whisper.

1812 Examiner 19 Oct. 666/1 Place-hunters and Fortune-hunters.

1898 J. E. C. Bodley France II. iv. vii. 434 Moderate men who are not place-hunters, and are therefore impartial witnesses.

a1901 J. Fiske Ess. Hist. & Lit. (1902) i. ii. 66 Having at length quite established his reputation as a disappointed and vindictive place-hunter, he tried Poland again.

1912 V. de Cleyre Mexican Revol. in Mother Earth Feb. 380 Revolutions, or rather rebellions, came and went... It was usually an excuse for one place-hunter to get another one's scalp.

2004 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 May a17 The armed forces also have the others—the liars, petty tyrants, place-hunters, opportunists, even, yes, the cowards and the brutes.

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

b. figurative and gen. One who hunts or searches eagerly for something; a seeker. (Most frequently in combination, as fortune-hunter, place-hunter.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > searcher or seeker

seekerc1330

hunterc1374

searchera1382

explorator1583

questa1616

questanta1616

ferret1629

quester1629

perquisitor1656

questor1887

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Add. MS.) i. pr. iii. 12 We scorne swiche rauiners and honters [Camb. MS. henters] of foulest[e] þinges.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. AAiiii The hunter of mannes soule.

1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Aviii Whorehunters and robbers of glorie.

1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 52 They are the duke of Bedford's natural hunters; and he is their natural game.

1811 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. v. 157 Are you a good motto hunter?

单词	place-hunter
释义	place-huntern. Brit. /ˈpleɪshʌntə/, U.S. /ˈpleɪsˌ(h)ən(t)ər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: place n.¹, hunter n. Etymology: < place n.¹ (compare place n.¹ 14) + hunter n. Chiefly depreciative. Now rare (chiefly archaic). A person who persistently seeks a job in government service, usually for self-advancement. Cf. placeman n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > one who seeks employment > who has or seeks type of position place-hunter1713 office-hunter1795 office-seeker1808 sinecurist1817 1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 29. ⁋16 The Ionick laugh..is esteemed by judicious place-hunters a more particular mark of distinction than the whisper. 1812 Examiner 19 Oct. 666/1 Place-hunters and Fortune-hunters. 1898 J. E. C. Bodley France II. iv. vii. 434 Moderate men who are not place-hunters, and are therefore impartial witnesses. a1901 J. Fiske Ess. Hist. & Lit. (1902) i. ii. 66 Having at length quite established his reputation as a disappointed and vindictive place-hunter, he tried Poland again. 1912 V. de Cleyre Mexican Revol. in Mother Earth Feb. 380 Revolutions, or rather rebellions, came and went... It was usually an excuse for one place-hunter to get another one's scalp. 2004 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 May a17 The armed forces also have the others—the liars, petty tyrants, place-hunters, opportunists, even, yes, the cowards and the brutes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas place-hunter b. figurative and gen. One who hunts or searches eagerly for something; a seeker. (Most frequently in combination, as fortune-hunter, place-hunter.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > searcher or seeker seekerc1330 hunterc1374 searchera1382 explorator1583 questa1616 questanta1616 ferret1629 quester1629 perquisitor1656 questor1887 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Add. MS.) i. pr. iii. 12 We scorne swiche rauiners and honters [Camb. MS. henters] of foulest[e] þinges. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. AAiiii The hunter of mannes soule. 1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Aviii Whorehunters and robbers of glorie. 1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 52 They are the duke of Bedford's natural hunters; and he is their natural game. 1811 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. v. 157 Are you a good motto hunter? extracted from huntern. < n.1713 as lemmas
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place-huntern.

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