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单词 proposer
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proposern.

Brit. /prəˈpəʊzə/, U.S. /prəˈpoʊzər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: propose v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < propose v. + -er suffix1. Compare Middle French, French proposeur (late 14th cent. in sense ‘narrator’ (obsolete), 1537 in sense ‘person who pleads’ (obsolete), 1606 in sense ‘person who makes a proposal’).
1.
a. A person who makes a proposal; one who brings forward or offers a scheme or suggestion.
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society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > [noun] > one who shows
showerc1400
proposer1566
show-woman1794
monstrator1852
exposer?1870
model1904
the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [noun] > one who suggests > as matter for consideration
putter forth1492
preferrer1536
proposer1566
raiser-up1580
broacher1587
mooter1799
vendera1817
society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [noun] > proposing as candidate > one who
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1566 W. Painter tr. O. Landi Delectable Demaundes iii. f. 59 If the lawe proposed pleased not the people, or was found to be wrongfull and vniuste, the proposer of that lawe [Fr. celuy qui la proposoit]..soudenly was strangled.
1618 T. Gainsford Glory Eng. ii. 243 Another voyage, where of Sr. Walter Raleigh was the proposer.
1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. 16 Q. Elizabeth..imprisond and persecuted the verie proposers therof.
1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator III. xiv. 71 Modesty would not suffer her to be the first Proposer.
1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. i. 40 One of the first proposers of coining money by a press, instead of the former manner of hammering.
1858 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem II. lxviii. 7 It was an act not reconcileable with virile sense, on the part of either the proposers or the accepters.
1886 Law Times Rep. 53 761/1 In a form of proposal to an insurance office..the residence of the proposer was stated to be [etc.].
1921 Times 19 May 10/2 The proposers of this scheme apparently have no knowledge of the magnitude of the undertaking.
1991 J. Wiltshire Samuel Johnson in Med. World 4 He was a vigorous proposer and initiator of treatments.
b. A person who or company which tenders for a contract. Now chiefly North American.
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1738 City Corruption & Mal-administration Display'd 22 Was it not impossible the lowest Proposer should slight his Work, unless the Surveyor should neglect his Duty?
1760 N.-Y. Mercury 17 Mar. 3/2 (advt.) The Proposer will go half with him; the Gentleman to receive all the Profits.
1791 in Minutes Trial Warren Hastings (1791–95) V. 2285 However aware they may be that (generally speaking) the lowest Proposer [is] the worst Performer.
1870 N.Y. Times 15 Mar. 7/5 Proposals to state the price per thousand blocks... Also, the number of blocks which the proposer will deliver per month during the year.
1907 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 3 May 14/2 A certified check in the sum of one thousand dollars..the same to be forfeited on failure of proposer to enter into contract for said work within five days after notice of awarding.
1998 H. Holtz Proven Proposal Strategies v. 78 Although the contracting official did not appear to be highly pleased with the result, he had little recourse but to award the contract to the hard-working proposer.
c. A person who formally puts forward a motion, or who nominates someone for a position or office, for membership of a society, etc.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > nomination to office > one who nominates
nominator1645
nominor1765
proposer1795
1795 A. Kilham Earnest Address to Preachers 21 Any member may say what he thinks right on the propriety or impropriety of a motion made, propose an amendment, &c. before he or any second the motion. The proposer may then withdraw his motion.
1808 Times 4 Nov. 4/2 It was considered a point of etiquette to receive the Address from the proposer of the resolution.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xiii. 130 Wouldn't it have as good an effect if the proposer or seconder did that?
1886 Daily Tel. 12 Jan. 5/5 His proposer and seconder will..conduct him to the chair.
1906 Autocar Handbk. xxvi. 201 Members of most of the best clubs require only one proposer when joining the R.A.C.
1952 College Eng. 14 44/1 When the proposer himself offered the resolution at the Annual Business Meeting, it was merely referred to another committee.
1993 Caves & Caving Winter 36/2 Nominations for the post..should be made in writing and be signed by a proposer and seconder..and be accompanied by the nominee's consent.
2. A person who propounds an argument, question, etc. Now rare.Alexander Schmidt defines Shakespeare's use (see quot. 1604) as ‘a speaker, orator’ ( Shakespeare Lexicon, 1886) and this is followed in some later dictionaries.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > one who puts forward
purposer1481
propounder1561
proponerc1580
proposer1585
proponent1588
mover1604
Marxoid1987
1585 T. Bilson True Difference Christian Subiection iv. 765 Must not they be doubbed for heretikes as the first proposers of that reason, or at least you for affirming now the quite contrarie?
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 288 Let me coniure you, by the rights of our fellowship, by the consonancie of our youth,..and by what more deare a better proposer can charge you withall. View more context for this quotation
1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. 16 It skils not how infallible the truth in it selfe or the proposer be.
1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. ix. 67 To which the acute and judicious Proposer answers: Not.
1718 S. Colliber Impartial Enq. Existence & Nature God ii. ii. 147 Thô such Language may be capable of a less offensive Sense in the Mouths of Others, yet..the Proposers of this Argument..are reduc't to the Necessity of using it in the most Absurd and Indefensible Sense.
1791 Ladies' Diary 42 Before attempting a solution to this question, the proposer observes that in wording it, he considered [etc.].
1887 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Republican 8 Feb. I am not the proposer of the question; I saw it in the Republican, and for the benefit of the boys I correctly solved it.
1926 Amer. Math. Monthly 33 210 The proposer of the question informs us that he received replies from ‘the ends of the earth’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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