单词 | purse-bearer |
释义 | purse-bearern. 1. The bearer or carrier of a purse; a person who has been given charge of money belonging to another, or to a company, etc.; a treasurer, a bursar. Now archaic and historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > one who has charge of or manages money hoarder944 treasurerc1290 purse-bearerc1300 coffererc1330 pursera1450 boucherc1450 bowgerc1450 purse-masterc1450 thesaurer1473 expenditor1499 bowser1534 bursarya1552 bursar1587 stock-keeper1589 bag-bearer1598 bourser1685 sumptuary1789 money manager1874 investment manager1879 tizzy-snatcher1914 c1300 Judas Iscariot (Harl.) 114 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 110 (MED) Siþþe oure louerd him makede apostle to fondi his mod, And siþþe pursberer of his pans to spene al his god. a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 26 (MED) He was him-sulf a þeof and oure lordes purs-berere [c1300 Harl. 2277 pors ber]. 1463 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 288 Write to hym..that ye be ware of your expence bettyr..and be your owne purse-berere. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 804/39 Hic naucherus, a pursberer. 1598 Order Prayer in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (1847) 681 D. Bagshaw, the Pope's Judas or purse-bearer. 1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) vi. 58 The money which wee deliuered vnto him being our purse-bearer. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine i. iii. 8 Because it stands not with the State of a Prince to be his own purse-bearer. 1760 J. Hanway Eight Lett. Vails-giving iv. 28 To enjoy any degree of Tranquillity, a man must be rich enough to have a Purse Bearer, or so poor that [etc.]. 1763 H. Walpole Catal. Engravers (1765) 20 John bishop of Lincoln, with purse-bearer, mace-bearer [etc.]. 1840 W. M. Thackeray in Fraser's Mag. June 720 There is Mr. James Fraser, our employer, master, publisher, purse-bearer, and friend. a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) v. 299 [He] was walking..dressed like a mackaw, as the Commissioner's purse-bearer. 1901 Times 4 July 8/3 One stall ticket presented free to each purse-bearer. 1956 Times 6 Oct. 4/5 Mr. Gaitskell's ceaseless concessions..to his leftward-looking janissaries and his Celtic purse-bearer strain our credulity. 2005 Journal (Newcastle) (Nexis) 1 Aug. 20 The Earls of Northumberland employed a considerable staff including the steward of the household, purse-bearer..and disburser of apparel. 2. British Parliament. The official who carries the Lord Chancellor's purse (which formerly contained the Great Seal: see purse n. 6b) on ceremonial occasions. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > ceremonial officials > [noun] > Lord Chancellor's purse-bearer purse-bearer1688 1688 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 429 The lord chancellor hath turn'd out Mr. Harris, his pursebearer. 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 28 Oct. (O.H.S.) I. 60 Mr. Wullaston made Purse-Bearer to the..Ld. Keeper. 1837 Times 22 Nov. 5/2 The Lord Chancellor came in his State robes, preceded by his Mace-bearer and Purse-bearer. 1853 Duke of Buckingham Mem. Court & Cabinets George III ii. 328 Beresford, who was Purse-bearer to the Chancellor, and Mr. Cooke, Secretary at War, were to be dismissed. 1901 Empire Rev. 1 467 The Lord Chancellor..is preceded on his entry to the House by the Sergeant-at-Arms, bearing the Mace, the Purse-bearer carrying the Purse, which is supposed to contain the Great Seal. 1998 Daily Mail (Nexis) 21 Apr. 2 ‘I can't let you in,’ she insisted, as she took turns at sentry duty with Mr Moy, the Lord Chancellor's Purse Bearer. ΚΠ 1850 W. J. Broderip Leaves Note-bk. of Naturalist viii, in Littell's Living Age 21 Sept. 607/1 The marsupiates, or purse-bearers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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