accommodatorn.

Brit.

/əˈkɒmədeɪtə/, U.S.

/əˈkɑməˌdeɪdər/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– accomodator, 1600s– accommodator.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: accommodate v., -or suffix.

Etymology: < accommodate v. + -or suffix. Compare post-classical Latin accommodator (in an undated inscription as an occupational term; 1260 in a British source in sense ‘lender’), French accommodeur (c1660 in sense ‘person who arranges another person's clothes or dresses his or her hair’; 17th or 18th cent. in sense ‘reconciler’).

1. A person who or thing which accommodates (in various senses).

ΚΠ

c1630 W. Robinson in Lett. Sci. Men (1841) I. 11 At the most he is but the accommodator, (an easy trifle,) not the inventor.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Staff. 38 These [sc. nails] are the Accommodators general to unite Solid Bodies.

1763 W. Warburton Doctr. Grace (ed. 2) iii. 253 Mahomet..wanted the refinement of our modern Accommodators.

1797 F. Plowden Treat. Law Usury i. v. 167 A subsequent sale (perhaps to a fair chapman, though more likely to the accommodator's agent).

1859 Chambers's Jrnl. 26 Feb. 129/2 In his latter days of greatest struggle, he was a lender, rather, than a borrower; it even appears, rather surprisingly, that he was once or twice an accommodator to more struggling persons.

1881 J. Hutchison Pract. Banking I. iii. 309 It would be no defence in such case that the indorsee or plaintiff knew at the time he took the bill that the accommodator or defendant had received no value.

1910 Northwestern Reporter 124 415/1 No authority, however, has been cited or found in support of the idea that the ordinary meaning of the parties in making accommodation paper extends to repeated use of the accommodator's credit.

1948 Kiplinger Mag. Nov. 32/1 He may, in fact, emerge as the ‘great accommodator’ among Presidents.

2010 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 2 May d3 Being an accommodator attracts people into your life who have an underdeveloped capacity for empathy.

2. U.S. = accommodater n. 2. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1912 Railway Conductor July 508/1 Well, I'm sorry to say she is borrowed: she is an accommodator whom I got for today.

1948 F. P. Keyes Dinner at Antoine's (1949) ii. 32 Tossie was in great demand as an ‘accommodator’ at débutante parties.

1959 Encounter Nov. 43/2 In the evenings, the old ‘accommodators’ dart about the city, carrying their black uniforms and white aprons in a paper bag. They..go anywhere to cook and serve dinners.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	accommodator
释义	accommodatorn. Brit. /əˈkɒmədeɪtə/, U.S. /əˈkɑməˌdeɪdər/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– accomodator, 1600s– accommodator. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: accommodate v., -or suffix. Etymology: < accommodate v. + -or suffix. Compare post-classical Latin accommodator (in an undated inscription as an occupational term; 1260 in a British source in sense ‘lender’), French accommodeur (c1660 in sense ‘person who arranges another person's clothes or dresses his or her hair’; 17th or 18th cent. in sense ‘reconciler’). 1. A person who or thing which accommodates (in various senses). ΚΠ c1630 W. Robinson in Lett. Sci. Men (1841) I. 11 At the most he is but the accommodator, (an easy trifle,) not the inventor. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Staff. 38 These [sc. nails] are the Accommodators general to unite Solid Bodies. 1763 W. Warburton Doctr. Grace (ed. 2) iii. 253 Mahomet..wanted the refinement of our modern Accommodators. 1797 F. Plowden Treat. Law Usury i. v. 167 A subsequent sale (perhaps to a fair chapman, though more likely to the accommodator's agent). 1859 Chambers's Jrnl. 26 Feb. 129/2 In his latter days of greatest struggle, he was a lender, rather, than a borrower; it even appears, rather surprisingly, that he was once or twice an accommodator to more struggling persons. 1881 J. Hutchison Pract. Banking I. iii. 309 It would be no defence in such case that the indorsee or plaintiff knew at the time he took the bill that the accommodator or defendant had received no value. 1910 Northwestern Reporter 124 415/1 No authority, however, has been cited or found in support of the idea that the ordinary meaning of the parties in making accommodation paper extends to repeated use of the accommodator's credit. 1948 Kiplinger Mag. Nov. 32/1 He may, in fact, emerge as the ‘great accommodator’ among Presidents. 2010 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 2 May d3 Being an accommodator attracts people into your life who have an underdeveloped capacity for empathy. 2. U.S. = accommodater n. 2. Now rare. ΚΠ 1912 Railway Conductor July 508/1 Well, I'm sorry to say she is borrowed: she is an accommodator whom I got for today. 1948 F. P. Keyes Dinner at Antoine's (1949) ii. 32 Tossie was in great demand as an ‘accommodator’ at débutante parties. 1959 Encounter Nov. 43/2 In the evenings, the old ‘accommodators’ dart about the city, carrying their black uniforms and white aprons in a paper bag. They..go anywhere to cook and serve dinners. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1630
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