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单词 reliefer
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reliefern.1

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: relief n.2, -er suffix1; reliever n.
Etymology: Either < relief n.2 + -er suffix1, or alteration (after relief n.2) of reliever n. (compare sense 1c at that entry).
Scottish. Obsolete (historical in later use).
= reliever n. 1c.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Presbyterianism > Presbyterian sects and groups > [noun] > relief
reliever1779
reliefer1795
Buchanite1846
1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVI. 642 Burgher Seceders..Church of Reliefers..Episcopals [etc.].
1798 Alex Stewart in Memoir (1822) 124 Let Churchmen or Dissenters, Reliefers or Seceders be in the right or in the wrong, that can be no rule to us.
1897 J. Orr in Mem. Jubilee Synod United Presbyterian Church 96 Ah, these old Seceders and Reliefers knew what they were about!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

reliefern.2

Brit. /rᵻˈliːfə/, U.S. /rəˈlifər/, /riˈlifər/, New Zealand English /rəˈliːfə/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: relief n.2, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < relief n.2 + -er suffix1.
Originally New Zealand. Now chiefly historical.
A person who works for or receives relief (relief n.2 5a), esp. that provided by the state.
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the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > poor person in receipt of relief
almsmanOE
beadsman?1529
almswoman1584
relievant1589
almsbasket mana1634
basket-scrambler1647
pensioner1690
pensionary1753
in-pensioner1761
pauper1775
tax-eater1818
colleger1886
soup-kitchener1907
reliefer1934
1934 Feilding (N.Z.) Star 17 Feb. 5 The case of the reliefer..was particularly hard when sickness came his way.
1938 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Sept. 8/4 Baltimore streets and alleys could do with a little attention from ‘grateful reliefers’.
1973 B. Broadfoot Ten Lost Years xx. 225 No, we never thought of the poor people. The reliefers.
2007 Social Work (Nexis) 1 July 201 Roosevelt feared that he was creating a permanent class of ‘reliefers’ who might never get off the government payroll.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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