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单词 reis
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reisn.

Brit. /rʌɪs/, U.S. /raɪs/
Forms: 1500s raiz, 1500s reyz, 1500s–1600s reiz, 1600s raise, 1600s rayse, 1600s 1800s– reis, 1600s–1700s reys, 1600s– rais, 1700s rice, 1800s räis, 1800s reïs, 1800s rei's.
Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Turkish. Probably also partly a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: French raiz, reïs; Ottoman Turkish re'īs; Arabic ra'īs.
Etymology: < Middle French raiz, reys, reis, French reïs, raïs Turkish ship's captain (1540), Turkish official (1603) and its etymon Ottoman Turkish re'īs (Turkish reis ; now usually with reference to the captain of a small vessel) < Arabic ra'īs (also rā'is and (in colloquial pronunciation) rayyis ) chief, chieftain, leader, chairman, governor, president < ra's head (see ras n.1). In recent use in sense 2 probably directly < Arabic ra'īs. With the earlier quots. in this sense compare also Persian raʿīs kind of government official, although this is not normally used to denote a village headman.
1. In Middle-Eastern contexts: the captain of a boat or ship. Also as a title preceding a proper name.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > captain or master
skipper1390
master shipmana1393
master mariner?a1400
shipmanc1405
shipmasterc1440
commanderc1450
patron1490
shipper1496
ship-governor1526
reis1585
nakhoda?1606
sea-captain1612
malem1615
manjee1683
captain1705
patroon1719
old man1821
owner1903
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. vii The Rais and Azappis of the gallies.
1589 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 204 The Reiz, or Captaines of the Gallies.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant 208 Seeing a Caique full of Men making towards us, our Reys, (who was a Turk) told us they were Christians, and presently went into his Caique.
1753 Scots Mag. 15 16/1 A rais, that is the captain of a corsair.
1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor xiv. 45 The Rais was an obstinate hairy savage.
1845 Mem. Lady H. Stanhope I. 269 He then was entitled fully to the rank of Räis Hassan, or Captain Hassan.
1863 J. Petherick Trav. in Afr. 4 May (1869) I. 322 The reis of our nugger came overland to the ‘Kathleen’.
1886 C. W. Wilson From Korti to Khartum 137 The reis or pilot with his assistants, who navigated the ship.
1932 W. Lewis Filibusters in Barbary i. xii. 62 With wild shouts and frantic gestures, the reis..urged the crew to renewed exertions.
1998 P. O'Brian Hundred Days (1999) viii. 224 Jacob's question to the Reis was interrupted by the coming of the coal-black sailmaker with two pale Sclavonians, lightly chained but heavily burdened.
2. In Muslim countries: a person in authority; a chief, leader, governor, or person of similar status. Cf. Reis Effendi n.
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society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > head or chief
headeOE
headmanOE
headsmanOE
masterlinga1200
dukec1275
chevetaine1297
chief1297
headlingc1300
principalc1325
captainc1380
primatec1384
chieftainc1400
master-man1424
principate1483
grand captain1531
headmaster?1545
knap of the casec1555
capitano1594
muqaddam1598
mudaliyar1662
reis1677
sachem1684
doge1705
prytanis1790
gam1827
main guy1882
oga1917
ras1935
1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. v. xi. 228 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) In every Village or Borough [in Ottoman Turkey] there is a Reis [Fr. Reis], or chief of the place.
1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 62 When he found himself degraded from his position of Rais, or Chief Amir.
1864 Á. Vámbéry Trav. Central Asia 185 Each city has its Rei's, who, with a cat-o'-four-tails in his hand..examines each passer by in the principles of Islamism.
1966 I. Cunnison Baggara Arabs v. 72 The man recognized as its leader is called the reis (head).
1996 Times 23 Jan. 15/1 Yassir Arafat..won, emphatically, the post of rais (or ‘leader’) and is effectively the first President of Palestine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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