rack-rentern.

Brit.

/ˈrakˌrɛntə/, U.S.

/ˈrækˌrɛn(t)ər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rack rent n., -er suffix¹; rack-rent v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < rack rent n. + -er suffix¹; compare renter n.¹ In later use (in sense 2) partly also < rack-rent v. + -er suffix¹.

1. A tenant who pays a rack rent. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > leaseholder or tenant > others

drenga1000

selfode1271

thringc1275

particular tenant1590

rack-renter1680

zamindar1683

roturier1830

statutory tenant1867

livier1883

church renter1889

congest1902

1680 G. Hickes Spirit of Popery 45 It hath been the immemorial practice of the King..to bind Landlords of all qualitites for the peaceable demeanour of their Tenants, and to give them Power, and Warrant to take Bonds from them, or upon their refusal to remove them from their possessions, if they were Rack-renters.

1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry Pref. p. vi 'Tis a publick Calamity, that the Lands of a Country must be all or mostly in the Hands of Rack-Renters, whose Interest it is..that they never may be improv'd.

1777 J. Ash Sentiments on Educ. 140 There is hardly a rackrenter of the lowest degree..but what will pull his hat half off with one hand, and scratch his head with the other..all the while the parson or the squire is speaking to him.

1794 T. Stone Gen. View Agric. Lincoln 19 A commoner, who farms his own estate..is eventually in a not much better state than the rack-renter.

1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon viii. 224 These meadows the rack renters are bound to dress after every third crop of hay.

1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 28 Oct. 283 The farmers..were real yeomen, and not miserable rack-renters.

1841 Times 26 Feb. 4/2 This miserable rack-renter..living probably in a hovel, and bound to pay his landlord four times its value.

1886 Times 11 Nov. 6/1 Providence was not likely to interpose to work a miracle for the sake of Irish rack-renters.

2005 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 5 Jan. 11 He was only a rack-renter, but he could not do any more with the land if he were the owner.

2. A landlord who exacts a rack rent or rack rents.

ΚΠ

1843 Times 29 Dec. 3/5 The poor Irish tenant may console himself by the knowledge, that his state of degradation is not wholly attributable to the rack-renter, his immediate landlord.

1885 Manch. Examiner 20 Oct. 4/7 A crusade against those denounced as evicters and rackrenters.

1932 C. Brooks Jrnl. 1 July (1998) 36 Old Clanricarde, the rack-renter, decided to leave all his money to a poor subaltern in the Guards.

1976 Times 14 Dec. 14/1 The jury..agreed that Mr Herbert had been baselessly defamed, that he was not the heartless rack-renter of the allegations.

2001 R. Aldrich & G. Wotherspoon Who's Who in Contemp. Gay & Lesbian Hist. 224 The father is an avaricious rack-renter. The gay son lives in New York and makes a fortune in the art world.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rack-renter
释义	rack-rentern. Brit. /ˈrakˌrɛntə/, U.S. /ˈrækˌrɛn(t)ər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rack rent n., -er suffix¹; rack-rent v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < rack rent n. + -er suffix¹; compare renter n.¹ In later use (in sense 2) partly also < rack-rent v. + -er suffix¹. 1. A tenant who pays a rack rent. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > leaseholder or tenant > others drenga1000 selfode1271 thringc1275 particular tenant1590 rack-renter1680 zamindar1683 roturier1830 statutory tenant1867 livier1883 church renter1889 congest1902 1680 G. Hickes Spirit of Popery 45 It hath been the immemorial practice of the King..to bind Landlords of all qualitites for the peaceable demeanour of their Tenants, and to give them Power, and Warrant to take Bonds from them, or upon their refusal to remove them from their possessions, if they were Rack-renters. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry Pref. p. vi 'Tis a publick Calamity, that the Lands of a Country must be all or mostly in the Hands of Rack-Renters, whose Interest it is..that they never may be improv'd. 1777 J. Ash Sentiments on Educ. 140 There is hardly a rackrenter of the lowest degree..but what will pull his hat half off with one hand, and scratch his head with the other..all the while the parson or the squire is speaking to him. 1794 T. Stone Gen. View Agric. Lincoln 19 A commoner, who farms his own estate..is eventually in a not much better state than the rack-renter. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon viii. 224 These meadows the rack renters are bound to dress after every third crop of hay. 1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 28 Oct. 283 The farmers..were real yeomen, and not miserable rack-renters. 1841 Times 26 Feb. 4/2 This miserable rack-renter..living probably in a hovel, and bound to pay his landlord four times its value. 1886 Times 11 Nov. 6/1 Providence was not likely to interpose to work a miracle for the sake of Irish rack-renters. 2005 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 5 Jan. 11 He was only a rack-renter, but he could not do any more with the land if he were the owner. 2. A landlord who exacts a rack rent or rack rents. ΚΠ 1843 Times 29 Dec. 3/5 The poor Irish tenant may console himself by the knowledge, that his state of degradation is not wholly attributable to the rack-renter, his immediate landlord. 1885 Manch. Examiner 20 Oct. 4/7 A crusade against those denounced as evicters and rackrenters. 1932 C. Brooks Jrnl. 1 July (1998) 36 Old Clanricarde, the rack-renter, decided to leave all his money to a poor subaltern in the Guards. 1976 Times 14 Dec. 14/1 The jury..agreed that Mr Herbert had been baselessly defamed, that he was not the heartless rack-renter of the allegations. 2001 R. Aldrich & G. Wotherspoon Who's Who in Contemp. Gay & Lesbian Hist. 224 The father is an avaricious rack-renter. The gay son lives in New York and makes a fortune in the art world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1680
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