preyern.

Brit.

/ˈpreɪə/, U.S.

/ˈpreɪər/

Forms: see prey v. and -er suffix¹; also 1500s preier.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prey v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < prey v. + -er suffix¹. Compare Anglo-Norman preour , Old French preeur plunderer (late 12th cent. or earlier). Compare later predator n. and the Romance forms cited at that entry.

A person who or thing which preys on or upon another; a predator; an exploiter. In quot. c1390: the Devil.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > spoiler or plunderer > [noun]

riflera1350

ravenerc1384

pillerc1385

preyerc1390

raptora1398

peelera1425

despoiler1467

spulyierc1475

pillardc1485

ruggerc1485

pollera1513

booty-fellow1530

spoiler1535

caterpillar1541

kitea1556

ransacker?1576

predator1581

lurdan1589

worm1591

scraper1598

pillager?1611

ravager1611

bird of preya1616

depredator1626

plunderer1639

expilator1658

shark1713

depredationist1828

spoliator1831

rapiner1843

ravisher1851

c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 89 He þat was maad preye, haþ preyed Mihtiliche his preyour [L. de predone], And so þe olde preyour is venquised Of a Champioun of honour.

1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. i. 1/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II She became and would needs be a preie vnto the preier.

1742 T. de la Mayne Love & Honour 151 As Preyers on the Publick.

1776 tr. Beardé de l'Abbaye Ess. Agric. xvii. 100 How reconcile the vast disproportion between the prey and the preyer?

1819 Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pa.) 27 Jan. Unfeeling preyers on the misfortunes of others.

1848 Fraser's Mag. 38 398 Useless preyers upon the public revenues.

1857 J. A. Heraud Judgem. of Flood (rev. ed.) i. ii. ii. 52 The Hen-bird obvious to the preyer's view.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 22 Mar. 2/1 The preyers and the preyed-upon.

1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. ii. 24 All the smaller creatures, preyers and preyed upon, are..subject..to the law of alternate curves of specific elevation and depression.

1997 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 30 Oct. a29 An 84-year-old woman..is thought to be the 15th victim of two preyers on elderly women.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	preyer
释义	preyern. Brit. /ˈpreɪə/, U.S. /ˈpreɪər/ Forms: see prey v. and -er suffix¹; also 1500s preier. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prey v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < prey v. + -er suffix¹. Compare Anglo-Norman preour , Old French preeur plunderer (late 12th cent. or earlier). Compare later predator n. and the Romance forms cited at that entry. A person who or thing which preys on or upon another; a predator; an exploiter. In quot. c1390: the Devil. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > spoiler or plunderer > [noun] riflera1350 ravenerc1384 pillerc1385 preyerc1390 raptora1398 peelera1425 despoiler1467 spulyierc1475 pillardc1485 ruggerc1485 pollera1513 booty-fellow1530 spoiler1535 caterpillar1541 kitea1556 ransacker?1576 predator1581 lurdan1589 worm1591 scraper1598 pillager?1611 ravager1611 bird of preya1616 depredator1626 plunderer1639 expilator1658 shark1713 depredationist1828 spoliator1831 rapiner1843 ravisher1851 c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 89 He þat was maad preye, haþ preyed Mihtiliche his preyour [L. de predone], And so þe olde preyour is venquised Of a Champioun of honour. 1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. i. 1/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II She became and would needs be a preie vnto the preier. 1742 T. de la Mayne Love & Honour 151 As Preyers on the Publick. 1776 tr. Beardé de l'Abbaye Ess. Agric. xvii. 100 How reconcile the vast disproportion between the prey and the preyer? 1819 Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pa.) 27 Jan. Unfeeling preyers on the misfortunes of others. 1848 Fraser's Mag. 38 398 Useless preyers upon the public revenues. 1857 J. A. Heraud Judgem. of Flood (rev. ed.) i. ii. ii. 52 The Hen-bird obvious to the preyer's view. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 22 Mar. 2/1 The preyers and the preyed-upon. 1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. ii. 24 All the smaller creatures, preyers and preyed upon, are..subject..to the law of alternate curves of specific elevation and depression. 1997 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 30 Oct. a29 An 84-year-old woman..is thought to be the 15th victim of two preyers on elderly women. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1390
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