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单词 portsman
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portsmann.

Brit. /ˈpɔːtsmən/, U.S. /ˈpɔrtsmən/
Inflections: Plural portsmen.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: port n.1, man n.1
Etymology: < the genitive of port n.1 + man n.1 Compare later portman n.2
Now rare.
A citizen or inhabitant of any of the Cinque Ports. See also portman n.2
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1626 Jrnls. House of Lords 8 June 658/1 When the King's Ships or others be in Danger on The Goodwyns, or other Places, within View of the Portsmen, they have refused to help with their Boats, lest the King's ships should command them on Board.
1672 Cowel's Interpr. Wite... Hence Wite or Witfree, one of the terms of Priviledge granted to our Portsmen.
a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 161 If the king's ships..have any need of pilots for the sand coasts of Flanders or the like wherein the portsmen are best experienced they will not serve without the lord Warden's..warrant.
1792 Collectanea Juridica II. i. iv. 15 Myself have had in my custody a subpœna..directed to the constable of Dover castle, to cause a portsman to appear before the king and his council at Westminster.
1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 712/1 His acquaintance with the Ports and the Portsmen..is intimate and varied.
2004 Lloyd's List (Nexis) 30 July 5 The ancient privileges of the Portsmen to which you refer (namely freedom from tax and tallage and the right to be tried only in the Courts of the Cinque Ports) were abolished many years ago.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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