单词 | primar |
释义 | primarn. Scottish. Now historical. 1. The principal of a Scottish university or university college. ΚΠ 1620 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 370 Be the erection and foundation of the said college, the primar is appoyntit to teache divinitie. a1662 T. Craufurd Hist. Univ. Edinb. (1808) 91 The Primar's charge, (who before had been Rector and Professor of Divinity), was divided. 1693 J. Slezer Theatrum Scotiæ 28 In it [sc. Aberdeen Univ.] there is a Primar or Principal, a Professor of Theology, a Professor of the Civil Law. a1713 A. Pitcairne Assembly (1722) v. iii. 100 We know you are the Primar of a College. 1736 J. M'Ure View City of Glasgow 221 The Primar or Principal has a most stately and convenient lodging on the South-side. 1907 C. G. McCrie Confessions Church of Scotl. iii. 83 In one of his lectures when Primar of the University of Edinburgh. 1923 H.M.B. Reid Divinity Profs. Univ. Glasgow 1640–1903 iv. 157 The Principal..no longer took much part in teaching [by 1669], though still known as the ‘Primar’, or primarius professor of Divinity. 2. A student of the highest rank (typically from an aristocratic family) at the University of St Andrews or the University of Glasgow. Cf. seconder n. 2, ternar n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > of or relating to types of cause > primary (of cause) first-movingc1405 procatarctical1601 procatarctic1633 primar1642 society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > types at specific universities son?c1550 Bibler1569 round cap1572 batteler1604 fellow commoner1614 gentleman-commoner1614 primar1642 Bible-clerk1650 Harry-Sopha1661 hodman1677 nobleman1682 seconder1684 grueller1691 ternar1698 tuft1755 red gowna1774 ten-year-man1816 prick-bill1818 bear1828 martinet1831 sheep1865 trotter1883 skiver1884 hall-reader1886 sign-off1902 night climber1937 techie1969 1642 in Evidence Commissioners Univ. Scotl. (1837) III. 205 Each primar sall pay three lib., the secundar tuo lib., and every one of the rest of lower degree fyfteen shillinges. 1655 in J. Robertson & C. Innes Munimenta Univ. Glasguensis (1854) II. 324 The rates shal bee 12 s. Scots ilk quarter for the primares 6s. for the secundares and 4s. for others of inferiour degree. 1684 A. Skeine Let. 22 Mar. in Sc. Antiquary (1896) 11 19 If his sone be a primer his expence will be as foloueth. 1719 Life J. Sharp 34 Not a few were of the best quality; and of these who are called primores [etc.]. 1807 J. Grierson Delineations St. Andrews iv. 182 The first of these [ranks of students] were called Primers. They wore gowns of a superior quality of cloth, trimmed in an elegant stile, and paid on entering to a class six guineas of fees. 1827 Evid. Commissioners Universities Scotl. (1837) III. 35 The Primars are the sons of Noblemen. 1934 J. Buchan Free Fishers (1937) i. 21 Among the two hundred here was at the moment no ‘primar’, that is, a nobleman's son. 1952 W. C. Dickinson Two Students at St. Andrews p. xxxviii (note) We know that the earlier gown was not so full as it is today, and that the quality of the gown differed for primars, secondars and ternars. DerivativesΚΠ a1662 T. Craufurd Hist. Univ. Edinb. (1808) 97 The Citie-Council..unanimouslie set their eyes upon Mr John Adamson..to succeed to Mr Robert Boyd in the Primariat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † primaradj. Obsolete. First, primary. Cf. primer adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adjective] mother?c1225 originalc1350 radicala1398 primitive?a1425 fundamentalc1449 primordial?a1450 primea1500 primary1565 nativea1592 fundamentive1593 primordiate1599 primara1603 remote1605 originousa1637 originary1638 parental1647 principiate1654 fontal1656 underivative1656 underived1656 fountainous1662 first hand1699 matricular1793 first-handed1855 protomorphic1887 a1603 Queen Elizabeth I. tr. Horace Art of Poetry in Poems (1964) 48 As primar leues of wood first faule and chaunge to nirest yere. 1687 R. Franck Philos. Treat. Original & Production Things 127 Nourish'd in it self by the primar cause, Nature directs the ends of Germination. 1721 A. Ramsay To Music Club 7 The primar speech with notes harmonious clear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1620adj.a1603 |
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