单词 | primarian |
释义 | primariann. U.S. 1. A pupil in a primary school; a member of a junior class in a school. Occasionally attributive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > primary or prep school pupil primarian1858 prep1863 preparatory1873 primary1908 preppy1928 1858 Compiler (Gettysburg, Pa.) 16 Aug. 2/5 The institution is in a flourishing condition, numbering 134 students, divided thus: Seniors 11,..Freshmen 24,..Primarian Class 11, Junior Preparatorians 44. 1859 Mass. Teacher & Jrnl. Home & School Educ. 12 198 Subtraction follows, then the Multiplication Table is impressed upon the memory..and at the fifty-third lesson, the young Primarian has conquered the four species. 1883 Education (U.S.) 3 637 As important for a primarian to develop a keen perception. 1928 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 4/1 On Monday afternoon,..the Primarian class presented their teachers with tokens of regard. 1951 Harlan (Iowa) News Advertiser 29 May 5/4 These boys will be primarians next year at this school. 2. Politics. A candidate in a primary election.In quot. 1918 apparently: a person who believes in the system of primary elections. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > candidate > type of vote collector1888 coupon candidate1918 primarian1918 yellow dog1927 1918 N.Y. Times 18 Aug. ii. 2/2 Abysmal is the disappointment, yes, the anguish, of all true primarians and true friends of ‘the middle classes’ at Mr. William M. Bennett's withdrawal from the race or walkover for the Republican nomination for Governor. 1951 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 16 Feb. 32/6 The officers are..Mary E. Brown, secretary; Patricia Dodson, treasurer;..Bess Settles, primarian. 1996 U.S. News & World Rep. 12 Feb. 41/1 The Republican primarians..are engaging in a peculiarly plutocratic version of class warfare. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858 |
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