quarter waitern.

Brit.

/ˈkwɔːtə ˌweɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈkwɔrdər ˌweɪdər/

Forms: see quarter n. and waiter n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quarter n., waiter n.

Etymology: < quarter n. + waiter n.

Now historical.

A courtier belonging to the lower class of gentlemen-ushers, who is in waiting (waiting n.¹ e) for a quarter of each year.

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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > gentleman usher

gentleman-usher1485

quarter waiter?a1522

quarterly waiter1699

?a1522 in W. Jerdan Rutland Papers (1842) 102 Gentilman ushers quarter wayters.

?a1527 in Regulations & Establishm. Househ. Earl of Northumberland (1905) 141 Item a Bill of the Naimes of my Lordes Ordinary Offycers and Servauntes appointid to be Quartir Waiters in every of the iiij Quartirs of the Yeir.

a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 225 They gave to the hand of a Gentleman Usher Quarter-waiter 10 Peeces.

1702 D. Jones Compl. Hist. Europe 1701 ii. 77 Gentlemen-Ushers, Quarter-Waiters in Ordinary.

1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 126 One of the..Quarter-waiters in ordinary to his Majesty.

1759 Eng. Reg. 49 Gent. Quarter-Waiters, Major Robinson, Major Montilieu, Capt. Powlett, Hon. Col. Maitland.

1787 J. Davies Hist. Tracts viii The gentleman usher speaks in the complimentary style of a person, who had been a quarter waiter for fifteen years at court.

1895 W. Besant Westminster vii. 281 (caption) The Quarter Waiters.

1962 G. P. V. Akrigg Jacobean Pageant iii. 27 While most men served full-time, some were only quarter waiters who gave three months attendance at the Court each year and then were free from further duties.

1992 Hist. Jrnl. 35 10 Jeffrey Never,..as well as being an alderman in Yarmouth, was gentleman quarter waiter to the king.

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

单词	quarter waiter
释义	quarter waitern. Brit. /ˈkwɔːtə ˌweɪtə/, U.S. /ˈkwɔrdər ˌweɪdər/ Forms: see quarter n. and waiter n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quarter n., waiter n. Etymology: < quarter n. + waiter n. Now historical. A courtier belonging to the lower class of gentlemen-ushers, who is in waiting (waiting n.¹ e) for a quarter of each year. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > gentleman usher gentleman-usher1485 quarter waiter?a1522 quarterly waiter1699 ?a1522 in W. Jerdan Rutland Papers (1842) 102 Gentilman ushers quarter wayters. ?a1527 in Regulations & Establishm. Househ. Earl of Northumberland (1905) 141 Item a Bill of the Naimes of my Lordes Ordinary Offycers and Servauntes appointid to be Quartir Waiters in every of the iiij Quartirs of the Yeir. a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 225 They gave to the hand of a Gentleman Usher Quarter-waiter 10 Peeces. 1702 D. Jones Compl. Hist. Europe 1701 ii. 77 Gentlemen-Ushers, Quarter-Waiters in Ordinary. 1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 126 One of the..Quarter-waiters in ordinary to his Majesty. 1759 Eng. Reg. 49 Gent. Quarter-Waiters, Major Robinson, Major Montilieu, Capt. Powlett, Hon. Col. Maitland. 1787 J. Davies Hist. Tracts viii The gentleman usher speaks in the complimentary style of a person, who had been a quarter waiter for fifteen years at court. 1895 W. Besant Westminster vii. 281 (caption) The Quarter Waiters. 1962 G. P. V. Akrigg Jacobean Pageant iii. 27 While most men served full-time, some were only quarter waiters who gave three months attendance at the Court each year and then were free from further duties. 1992 Hist. Jrnl. 35 10 Jeffrey Never,..as well as being an alderman in Yarmouth, was gentleman quarter waiter to the king. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1522
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