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单词 profiter
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profitern.

Brit. /ˈprɒfᵻtə/, U.S. /ˈprɑfədər/
Forms: late Middle English– profiter, 1500s profetter.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: profit v., -er suffix1; profit n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: Partly < profit v. + -er suffix1, and partly < profit n. + -er suffix1.
1. A person who advances or makes progress; an improver. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > one making progress
profitera1425
proficient1598
improver1892
a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 71 (MED) Vnto hem þat ben biginners & profiters..þinkyng may not goodly be getyn wiþ-outyn reding.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. AAiiv The feare of profiters, that is, of them that profyteth in vertue and perfeccion.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. HHHiv The pilgrims..as yet..but begyn the iourney of grace, or els be as yet but profetters in religion.
2. A person who provides profit or gain; a benefactor. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > that which or one who helps or means of help > a helper
helpend971
recurera1382
undertaker1382
bootc1420
profitera1425
suffrage1445
supplier1456
aidant1477
aider1483
adjutor1531
benefactor1532
assistant?1541
servant1562
aid1569
adjument1576
adjuvant1583
familiar1583
adjoint1603
opitulator1624
adjutator1832
a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 22 (MED) So þat he be seen to be a profiter on his partye..vnto þe comunite.
1559 J. Foxe Ridley's Frendly Farewel sig. fiii Euer hauing our eyes vpon Iesus Christ the ringleader, capitain, and profiter of our faith.
1715 T. Burnet Second Tale of Tub (ed. 2) 146 A half Profiter, or a Helper of his Master by halves.
3. A person who makes a profit; a person who gains by or benefits from something.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > profit-making > one who makes profit
winner1352
money-makera1450
gainer1538
profit taker1552
proficiary1621
profiter1683
superlucrator1683
money machine1833
the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > one who desires benefit
profiter1835
benefiter1883
1683 J. Dalrymple Decisions Lords of Council & Session I. 566 The ground in Law that the Pursuer insists on..is alike as he had been Profiter in the whole.
1720 Disc. shewing Duties Second Table of Law are Binding Duties 74 Its singular persons that will give their Neighbour a Bargain that he knows that he will be a Profiter by.
1785 Daily Universal Reg. 25 June 3/2 The first that starts of these aerial racers, will, it is imagined, be the only profiter.
1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 248 They were profiters, not inventors; eagerly adopting every improvement suggested by strangers.
a1864 N. Hawthorne Septimius Felton (1872) 60 Transmitting it to the hand of another, the destined possessor, inheritor, profiter by it.
1917 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 27 206 The leaders may have imperialistic aims, and the profiters behind them are glad enough of war.
1966 China Q. No. 25. 10 The prime profiters from such a confrontation would be not Moscow but..Peking and Hanoi.
2004 Stamford (Connecticut) Advocate (Nexis) 20 Jan. Here's a case of an individual not interested in being a crusader but a profiter by putting a company like ours in an inaccurate light.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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