单词 | relocator |
释义 | relocatorn. Originally U.S. A person who relocates (in various senses of the verb). ΚΠ 1854 Rep. Supreme Court Texas 11 569 While protecting the rights of the relocators, it was not intended that those of the original claimants should be sacrificed. 1877 Butte (Montana) Miner 20 Feb. Mr. J.L. Holland, the relocator of the Mr. Auburn quarts mine. 1902 L. McKee Land of Nome 206 It frequently happens that a number of relocators assemble at the same spot..near midnight of a December 31, prepared to drive down their stakes at the first moment of the new year. 1963 Amer. Jrnl. Econ. & Sociol. 22 127 Relocated families have shown a considerable preference for ultimately selecting their own habitations..even to the point of spurning..whatever suggestions toward suitable shelter the relocator may have proffered. 1992 Independent 9 July 32/2 About 80 per cent of this country's relocators still go it alone—either through ignorance or in the British tradition of confidently braving the elements. 2006 D. Carr Spousal Bereavement in Late Life vii. 176 A few residential relocators said that they moved ‘to save money’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854 |
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