potwallern.

Brit.

/ˈpɒtwɒlə/, U.S.

/ˈpɑtˌwɑlər/

Forms: 1700s pott waller, 1700s– potwaller.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pot n.¹, wall v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < pot n.¹ + wall v.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare earlier pot-walling n. Compare later pot-walloner n., potwalloper n.

Now historical.

A male householder or lodger with his own separate fireplace on which a pot could be boiled, which qualified him to vote in a parliamentary election in some English boroughs before the 1832 Reform Act.This system of determining the electorate was one of the abuses criticized by electoral reformers in the early 19th cent.

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the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > householder

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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > one who has right to vote > by specific qualification

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1701 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 28 May 107 339 Borough of Honyton That the right of Election was agreed to be in the Pott Wallers not receiveing Almes.

1715 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 28 July 127 346 That the Right of Election of Burgesses to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Taunton..is in the Inhabitants within the said Borough, being Pot-wallers, and not receiving Alms or Charity.

1786 Act 26 Geo. III c. 100 §1 An inhabitant householder, house~keeper, and potwaller legally settled.

1826 J. Savage Man. Electors Taunton 17 In the Contest which took place in 1774..it was agreed that a Potwaller is a person who furnishes his own diet, whether he be a Housekeeper or only a Lodger.

1860 W. Bagehot Hist. Unreformed Parl. 7 Inhabitants of the said town [sc. Ilchester] paying scot and lot, which the town called pot-wallers.

1895 W. Besant Westminster ix. 256 The voting qualification..was..the tenant who paid scot and lot, and the potwaller.

1918 C. Seymour & D. Paige Frary How World Votes I. iv. 71 Like the ‘scot and lot’ the ‘potwaller’ franchise was designed to serve as a rough-and-ready test of a man's independence. On the eve of an election, a potwaller might be seen spreading his board in front of his cottage to prove that he was qualified to vote.

1988 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 4 Dec. 43 If that person had a place to boil his own pot, he was known as a potwaller or pot-walloper.

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

单词	potwaller
释义	potwallern. Brit. /ˈpɒtwɒlə/, U.S. /ˈpɑtˌwɑlər/ Forms: 1700s pott waller, 1700s– potwaller. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pot n.¹, wall v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < pot n.¹ + wall v.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare earlier pot-walling n. Compare later pot-walloner n., potwalloper n. Now historical. A male householder or lodger with his own separate fireplace on which a pot could be boiled, which qualified him to vote in a parliamentary election in some English boroughs before the 1832 Reform Act.This system of determining the electorate was one of the abuses criticized by electoral reformers in the early 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > householder housefastc1275 housekeepera1425 householder1434 potwaller1701 pot-wobblera1712 potwalloper1744 compound householder1851 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > one who has right to vote > by specific qualification potwaller1701 pot-wobblera1712 pot-walloner1725 potboiler1736 potwalloper1744 ten-pounder1833 1701 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 28 May 107 339 Borough of Honyton That the right of Election was agreed to be in the Pott Wallers not receiveing Almes. 1715 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 28 July 127 346 That the Right of Election of Burgesses to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Taunton..is in the Inhabitants within the said Borough, being Pot-wallers, and not receiving Alms or Charity. 1786 Act 26 Geo. III c. 100 §1 An inhabitant householder, house~keeper, and potwaller legally settled. 1826 J. Savage Man. Electors Taunton 17 In the Contest which took place in 1774..it was agreed that a Potwaller is a person who furnishes his own diet, whether he be a Housekeeper or only a Lodger. 1860 W. Bagehot Hist. Unreformed Parl. 7 Inhabitants of the said town [sc. Ilchester] paying scot and lot, which the town called pot-wallers. 1895 W. Besant Westminster ix. 256 The voting qualification..was..the tenant who paid scot and lot, and the potwaller. 1918 C. Seymour & D. Paige Frary How World Votes I. iv. 71 Like the ‘scot and lot’ the ‘potwaller’ franchise was designed to serve as a rough-and-ready test of a man's independence. On the eve of an election, a potwaller might be seen spreading his board in front of his cottage to prove that he was qualified to vote. 1988 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 4 Dec. 43 If that person had a place to boil his own pot, he was known as a potwaller or pot-walloper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1701
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