representantn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛprᵻˈzɛnt(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˌrɛprəˈzɛnt(ə)nt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a Spanish lexical item, and partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: represent v.¹, -ant suffix¹.

Etymology: < represent v.¹ + -ant suffix¹, partly (in sense 1) after Spanish representante actor (1550 or earlier; compare French représentant actor, comedian (1616)), and partly (in subsequent senses) after French représentant person who stands in for another at a public function or ceremony, person authorized to act or speak on behalf of another (1686), person chosen to represent a religious group (1690), person elected to represent a political group (17th cent.; 1599 in legal use in sense ‘person inheriting an estate as exercising the rights of a predecessor’), use as noun of present participle of représenter (see represent v.¹). Compare Dutch representant (1657), German Repräsentant (mid 18th cent.), Swedish representant (early 18th cent.), all < French. Compare earlier representer n., representor n., representator n.

†1. A stage-performer; an actor. Cf. represent v.¹ 10. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun]

playera1400

game-player1533

comedy player1550

stage-player1561

actor1566

histrion?1566

comediant1568

representer1579

stager1580

presentera1586

histrio1589

stageman1589

gamester1596

player-man1596

Roscius1600

stagerite1602

theaterian1602

comedian1603

scenic1612

representant1622

play-actor1633

parta1643

histrionic1647

representator1653

artist1714

mummer1773

actor-manager1826

Thespian1827

impersonator1830

personifier1835

player-manager1895

thesp1962

luvvie1988

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 175 Hee is but a man, a representant [Sp. hombre representante], a poore kinde of Comedian.

2. A person who represents an individual, group, institution, etc.; a representative. rare in later use.Common in 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > representative

representera1586

representator1603

representanta1641

mandatory1648

representative1649

alter egoa1695

rep1848

society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > representative > of a number of persons in a special capacity

representor1553

representative1635

representanta1641

representee1648

representer1648

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > [noun] > a representative assembly > member of

representor1553

deputy1600

representative1635

representee1648

representer1648

representant1831

a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 13 The State whereof he was a Representant.

1642 T. Roe Coppy Two Lett. sig. A2^v With all Reverence to the thrice Christian King, and due respect to his Embassador, as his representant.

1647 H. Parker Cordiall Answered 7 The Lords joyning with the chosen representants of the whole Kingdome would be equally as competent (if not more) for all Acts of Majesty, and supreame dominion as now they are in Parliament.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 300 They that are the Representants of a Christian People, are Representants of the Church.

1789 W. Coxe Trav. Switzerland II. lxv. 375 It was enacted, that, when the edict was laid before the General Council, those Representants, who had taken up arms, should for that time be excluded.

1831 T. Hope Ess. Origin Man III. 125 (heading) Representative government.—Control over the representants.

1872 Manufacturer & Builder Sept. 210/1 Mathematicians, astronomers, physicists, and chemists, the representants of sciences..cognate to Geology and Natural History.

1946 Let. 3 Sept. in Times (1978) 21 Feb. 4/4 We don't doubt that you, Dear Sir, as the representant of the American State..will refuse us this petition.

3. A thing which takes the place or assumes the function of another; spec. (a) a specific, and esp. typical, example of a broader group, class, or category; (b) a thing which corresponds to another in some respect; an equivalent, counterpart, or analogue. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equal, counterpart, or equivalent

ylikeeOE

likea1200

make?c1225

fellow?a1425

proportion?a1425

countervailc1430

matcha1450

meetc1450

pareil?c1450

resemblant1484

equivalent1502

countermatch1587

second1599

parallel1600

equipollent1611

balancea1616

tantamount1637

analogy1646

analogate1652

form-fellow1659

equivalency1698

par1711

homologizer1716

peel1722

analogon1797

quits1806

correlate1821

analogue1837

representant1847

homologue1848

countertype1855

homologon1871

correlative1875

vis-à-vis1900

counterpart1903

1847 J. R. & L. D. B. Gordon tr. J. Weisbach Princ. Mech. Machinery & Engin. I. v. i. 326 As water, of all liquids, is the one most generally diffused and the most useful for the purposes of life, it is taken as the representant of all these fluids.

1850 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. (ed. 3) x. 202 For such simple single elementary articulate sounds as there was no sign or letter representant, new signs, or letters, were invented.

1863 J. Tyndall Heat (1870) iv. §144.124 This experiment is the microscopic representant of what occurs in Iceland.

1935 Geografiska Annaler 17 667 Separate parts in the second district..are characterized by the presence of great numbers of Coseinodiscus, a representant of a highly mobile medium.

1998 D. Kolymbas in B. Cambou Behaviour of Granular Materials 228 Subsequently we consider (as a representant of the grain skeleton) a unique pipe of radius r₀ filled with water.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	representant
释义	representantn. Brit. /ˌrɛprᵻˈzɛnt(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌrɛprəˈzɛnt(ə)nt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a Spanish lexical item, and partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: represent v.¹, -ant suffix¹. Etymology: < represent v.¹ + -ant suffix¹, partly (in sense 1) after Spanish representante actor (1550 or earlier; compare French représentant actor, comedian (1616)), and partly (in subsequent senses) after French représentant person who stands in for another at a public function or ceremony, person authorized to act or speak on behalf of another (1686), person chosen to represent a religious group (1690), person elected to represent a political group (17th cent.; 1599 in legal use in sense ‘person inheriting an estate as exercising the rights of a predecessor’), use as noun of present participle of représenter (see represent v.¹). Compare Dutch representant (1657), German Repräsentant (mid 18th cent.), Swedish representant (early 18th cent.), all < French. Compare earlier representer n., representor n., representator n. †1. A stage-performer; an actor. Cf. represent v.¹ 10. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] playera1400 game-player1533 comedy player1550 stage-player1561 actor1566 histrion?1566 comediant1568 representer1579 stager1580 presentera1586 histrio1589 stageman1589 gamester1596 player-man1596 Roscius1600 stagerite1602 theaterian1602 comedian1603 scenic1612 representant1622 play-actor1633 parta1643 histrionic1647 representator1653 artist1714 mummer1773 actor-manager1826 Thespian1827 impersonator1830 personifier1835 player-manager1895 thesp1962 luvvie1988 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 175 Hee is but a man, a representant [Sp. hombre representante], a poore kinde of Comedian. 2. A person who represents an individual, group, institution, etc.; a representative. rare in later use.Common in 17th cent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > representative representera1586 representator1603 representanta1641 mandatory1648 representative1649 alter egoa1695 rep1848 society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > representative > of a number of persons in a special capacity representor1553 representative1635 representanta1641 representee1648 representer1648 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > [noun] > a representative assembly > member of representor1553 deputy1600 representative1635 representee1648 representer1648 representant1831 a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 13 The State whereof he was a Representant. 1642 T. Roe Coppy Two Lett. sig. A2^v With all Reverence to the thrice Christian King, and due respect to his Embassador, as his representant. 1647 H. Parker Cordiall Answered 7 The Lords joyning with the chosen representants of the whole Kingdome would be equally as competent (if not more) for all Acts of Majesty, and supreame dominion as now they are in Parliament. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 300 They that are the Representants of a Christian People, are Representants of the Church. 1789 W. Coxe Trav. Switzerland II. lxv. 375 It was enacted, that, when the edict was laid before the General Council, those Representants, who had taken up arms, should for that time be excluded. 1831 T. Hope Ess. Origin Man III. 125 (heading) Representative government.—Control over the representants. 1872 Manufacturer & Builder Sept. 210/1 Mathematicians, astronomers, physicists, and chemists, the representants of sciences..cognate to Geology and Natural History. 1946 Let. 3 Sept. in Times (1978) 21 Feb. 4/4 We don't doubt that you, Dear Sir, as the representant of the American State..will refuse us this petition. 3. A thing which takes the place or assumes the function of another; spec. (a) a specific, and esp. typical, example of a broader group, class, or category; (b) a thing which corresponds to another in some respect; an equivalent, counterpart, or analogue. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equal, counterpart, or equivalent ylikeeOE likea1200 make?c1225 fellow?a1425 proportion?a1425 countervailc1430 matcha1450 meetc1450 pareil?c1450 resemblant1484 equivalent1502 countermatch1587 second1599 parallel1600 equipollent1611 balancea1616 tantamount1637 analogy1646 analogate1652 form-fellow1659 equivalency1698 par1711 homologizer1716 peel1722 analogon1797 quits1806 correlate1821 analogue1837 representant1847 homologue1848 countertype1855 homologon1871 correlative1875 vis-à-vis1900 counterpart1903 1847 J. R. & L. D. B. Gordon tr. J. Weisbach Princ. Mech. Machinery & Engin. I. v. i. 326 As water, of all liquids, is the one most generally diffused and the most useful for the purposes of life, it is taken as the representant of all these fluids. 1850 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. (ed. 3) x. 202 For such simple single elementary articulate sounds as there was no sign or letter representant, new signs, or letters, were invented. 1863 J. Tyndall Heat (1870) iv. §144.124 This experiment is the microscopic representant of what occurs in Iceland. 1935 Geografiska Annaler 17 667 Separate parts in the second district..are characterized by the presence of great numbers of Coseinodiscus, a representant of a highly mobile medium. 1998 D. Kolymbas in B. Cambou Behaviour of Granular Materials 228 Subsequently we consider (as a representant of the grain skeleton) a unique pipe of radius r₀ filled with water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † representantadj. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: represent v.¹, -ant suffix¹; representant n. Etymology: Either < represent v.¹ + -ant suffix¹, or < representant n. Compare French représentant , adjective (late 15th cent. in Middle French), Spanish representante , adjective (1428 or earlier). Compare earlier representance n. and also earlier representative adj., representing adj. Obsolete. rare. That represents a person, group, or thing; representative. ΚΠ 1851 R. G. Latham Hand-bk. Eng. Lang. iii. ix. 118 For such simple single elementary articulate sounds as there was no sign or letter representant, new signs, or letters, were invented. 1882 J. P. Peters tr. W. Müller Polit. Hist. Recent Times i. 17 In order utterly to destroy the last bulwark of freedom—the south German representant constitutions—..new conferences of ministers were opened in Vienna. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1622adj.1851
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representantn.

† representantadj.