quartermann.

Brit.

/ˈkwɔːtəmən/, U.S.

/ˈkwɔrdərm(ə)n/

Inflections: Plural quartermen.

Forms: 1500s– quarterman, 1600s quartermans (plural).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quarter n., man n.¹

Etymology: < quarter n. + man n.¹ In sense 1 after Middle French quartenier (see quarteer n.).

†1. In France, esp. Paris: a municipal officer responsible for policing a district of a city. Cf. quarter n. 13b. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > in specific country

quarterman1573

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kavass1819

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Texas Ranger1846

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zaptieh1869

Zarp1895

flic1899

kiap1923

Schupo1923

guard1925

provincial1936

Garda1943

Vopo1954

1573 tr. F. Hotman True & Plaine Rep. Furious Outrages Fraunce p. xlviii The Vndermasters of the streetes commonly called Quartermen [Fr. quarteniers, L. quaternarii], surueyed al the vittailing houses and Innes from house to house.

1676 Earl of Monmouth & W. Brent tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. France ii. 64 My King and your Master hath sent me to you the Provost of Merchants, the Sheriffs, Councellors, Quartermans, and People of Paris, to give you this Declaration.

†2. Perhaps: one of the quarter-guard. Cf. quarter n. 13c. Obsolete. rare.

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c1599 Rep. to Queen Elizabeth in Nugæ Antiquæ (1775) II. 159 The deathes of our Captaines were revenged by our quartermen and scoutemen, who..slewe 7 of the rebells, whiche assaied to force the quarter.

3. In shipbuilding and related industries: a foreman.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > boat-builder or shipbuilder > [noun] > foreman

quarterman1716

1716 R. Williamson To Lords Commissioners Admiralty 30 It being the custom of the Navy to place a Quarterman, as Overseer to every 20 Shipwrights.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §62 That species of foreman shipwright, called a Quarter-man in Plymouth dock.

1820 Times 3 Jan. 2/7 Two clerks and a quarterman of Woolwich Dock-yard, it is said, have been dismissed from their employment.

1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 30 [He] was then a fore~man of shipwrights, called a quarterman, in Plymouth Dock.

1920 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 14 July 20/3 The arrest of A.P. Fournier and L.B. Davis, quartermen painters at the navy yard.

1969 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 8 52 Quartermen alone were chosen by seniority; even so, only those deemed qualified by the officers of the yard were to be approved.

2005 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 7 July a9 He worked as a marine engineer at Curtis Bay, as a quarterman at Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock, [etc.].

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

单词	quarterman
释义	quartermann. Brit. /ˈkwɔːtəmən/, U.S. /ˈkwɔrdərm(ə)n/ Inflections: Plural quartermen. Forms: 1500s– quarterman, 1600s quartermans (plural). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quarter n., man n.¹ Etymology: < quarter n. + man n.¹ In sense 1 after Middle French quartenier (see quarteer n.). †1. In France, esp. Paris: a municipal officer responsible for policing a district of a city. Cf. quarter n. 13b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > in specific country quarterman1573 lascarine1598 peon1609 sbirro1670 exempt1678 kavass1819 ghaffir1831 Texas Ranger1846 carabiniere1847 zaptieh1869 Zarp1895 flic1899 kiap1923 Schupo1923 guard1925 provincial1936 Garda1943 Vopo1954 1573 tr. F. Hotman True & Plaine Rep. Furious Outrages Fraunce p. xlviii The Vndermasters of the streetes commonly called Quartermen [Fr. quarteniers, L. quaternarii], surueyed al the vittailing houses and Innes from house to house. 1676 Earl of Monmouth & W. Brent tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. France ii. 64 My King and your Master hath sent me to you the Provost of Merchants, the Sheriffs, Councellors, Quartermans, and People of Paris, to give you this Declaration. †2. Perhaps: one of the quarter-guard. Cf. quarter n. 13c. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ c1599 Rep. to Queen Elizabeth in Nugæ Antiquæ (1775) II. 159 The deathes of our Captaines were revenged by our quartermen and scoutemen, who..slewe 7 of the rebells, whiche assaied to force the quarter. 3. In shipbuilding and related industries: a foreman. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > boat-builder or shipbuilder > [noun] > foreman quarterman1716 1716 R. Williamson To Lords Commissioners Admiralty 30 It being the custom of the Navy to place a Quarterman, as Overseer to every 20 Shipwrights. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §62 That species of foreman shipwright, called a Quarter-man in Plymouth dock. 1820 Times 3 Jan. 2/7 Two clerks and a quarterman of Woolwich Dock-yard, it is said, have been dismissed from their employment. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 30 [He] was then a fore~man of shipwrights, called a quarterman, in Plymouth Dock. 1920 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 14 July 20/3 The arrest of A.P. Fournier and L.B. Davis, quartermen painters at the navy yard. 1969 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 8 52 Quartermen alone were chosen by seniority; even so, only those deemed qualified by the officers of the yard were to be approved. 2005 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 7 July a9 He worked as a marine engineer at Curtis Bay, as a quarterman at Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1573
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