| 单词 | relieving officer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrelieving officer relieving officer n. (a) Military an officer who relieves another on duty, one who takes over as a relief; (b) an official appointed by a parish or some other authority to administer poor relief (also figurative); †(c) slang a person's father (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] fatherOE sirec1250 authora1398 flesh-fathera1400 genitor1447 daddy1523 dad1533 bab1598 patera1600 dada1672 relieving officer1677 papa1681 pappy1722 baba1771 pa1773 governor1783 paw1826 fatherkin1839 pop1840 bap1842 pap1844 da1851 baba1862 puppa1885 pops1893 poppa1897 pot and pan1900 papasana1904 daddy-o1913 bapu1930 baby-father1932 abba1955 birth father1977 society > authority > office > holder of office > parish official > [noun] > responsible for relief of poor overseerc1600 relieving officer1677 Guardian of the Poor1782 pass-master1818 poormaster1853 1677 R. Boyle Treat. Art of War 51 The Relieved Officer..should, before he quits the Guard, shew the Relieving Officer that the Ammunition..is not..diminished. 1755 G. Washington Orders 18 Oct. in Papers (1983) Colonial Ser. II. 124 A Book..kept only for that purpose..is to be..delivered over to the Relieving Officer. 1836 Falmouth Pkt. 23 Sept. 5/2 Application for relief is made to the relieving officer. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 249/2 The relieving officer..would have given him a pair of shoes and half-a-crown. 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone iii Every one..had a stone to throw at his relieving officer; the complaint, of course, being a general tightness in the supplies. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. viii. 66 She heard the tender river whispering..‘I am the Relieving Officer appointed by eternal ordinance to do my work.’ 1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) xliv The relieving officer—as the male parent was called in those days at our great universities. 1967 Century-Daily Star (Toronto) 13 Feb. 11/1 I knew one man, poor fellow, set out to ask for help from the relieving officer one day in winter time. But he froze to death on the way. 2006 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 9 July [The captain] is required to hand over the ship only when he is satisfied the relieving officer is capable of carrying out his or her duties effectively. < as lemmas |
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