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单词 regrator
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regratorn.

Brit. /rᵻˈɡreɪtə/, U.S. /riˈɡreɪdər/
Forms: Middle English regrattour, Middle English regratur, Middle English–1600s regratour, Middle English– regrator, 1800s regrator (English regional (Devon)); Scottish pre-1700 ragraitour, pre-1700 ragratour, pre-1700 regrator, pre-1700 regratour, pre-1700 regrattour, pre-1700 regratur, pre-1700 regretur.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French regrator, regrater.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman regrator, regratour, regratur (c1300 or earlier), variant of regrater, regratier regrater n.; compare Middle French regrateur, regratteur. Compare post-classical Latin regrator (frequently from 1279 in British sources), regratator (1368, 1496 in British sources).
1. A person who buys commodities (esp. food) in order to sell them on at a profit; a retailer; = regrater n. 1. Now historical.
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society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun] > middleman > buying up for resale or monopoly
regratorc1390
forestaller14..
regraterc1400
engrosserc1460
grey merchant1542
grosser?1542
forebuyer1558
ingrater1583
market-monger1629
pin-hooker1885
mailer1950
switch dealer1967
c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. iii. 81 (MED) Meede..þe Meir heo bi-souȝte..to taken..presentes..as..Rynges with Rubyes þe Regratour to fauere..And soffre hem to sulle sumdel aȝeyn Resoun.
1429–30 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §36. m. 8 A fals craft of regratouris of yern, iclepid yern chopperis.
1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 396 That ther be no citezen regratour of see ffysshe.
1517 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 41 We ordane yow, sir balyeis, to punes all regratoris of our common merkat.
1551–2 Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI c. 14 §2 Whatsoever person..shall by any meanes regrate obteyne or gett into his..possession in any fair or market, anye corne wyne fishe [etc.],..and doe sell the same agayne in any fayre or markett holden or kepte in the same place, or..within fower myles thereof, shalbe..taken for a Regrator.
1592 Sc. Acts Parl. (1597) c. 148 Quha gettis in his hand by buying, contract or promises, the growand corne on the field, salbe repute a regratour.
1618 M. Dalton Countrey Justice 278 Forestallers, Regrators, and Engrossers..shalbe committed for two moneths.
1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. iii. 54 in Church-hist. Brit. The University have power to punish and amerce all Fore-stallers, Regrators, &c.
1697 in J. Strype Stow's Survey of London (1720) II. v. xxii. 308/2 That they may sell them in Town dearer to Regrators than those that did bring them would do.
1733–4 S.-Carolina Gaz. 23 Mar. 2/1 They..buy up many Articles necessary for the Support of the Inhabitants, and make them pay an exorbitant Price for the same: And we do present all Hucksters, Forestallers and Regrators.
1772 Statutes at Large VIII. 202 An Act for repealing several Laws..against Badgers, Engrossers, Forestallers, and Regrators.
1801 Times 24 Dec. 4/4 We understand the Magistrates are determined strictly to enforce the law against all forestallers or regrators within their jurisdiction.
1955 Virginia Law Rev. Oct. 764 Girdler offered rewards out of his own pocket for the conviction of forestallers and regrators.
1996 D. M. Dean Law-making & Society Late Elizabethan Eng. v. 162 After the Commons had read the pro forma bill against forestallers and regrators, Bacon put forward a motion against enclosures, depopulation of towns and houses of husbandry and tillage.
2. Chiefly English regional (south-western). A person who collects commodities from the producers and brings them to market; an intermediary;= regrater n. 2. rare.
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society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun] > middleman
broker1377
kiddier1551
huckster1574
jobber1647
middlemana1797
regrater1804
regrator1808
salesman-
1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon iv. 107 Some of them become regrators, and attend constantly the Plymouth market.
1884 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 502/2 They are thrown into the hands of the regrator, who goes round with a cart and buys their goods dirt-cheap.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 219/1 Vintners, spicers, grocers, butchers, regrators and others were subject to the like punishment for dishonesty in their commercial dealings.
1939 London Gaz. 17 Oct. in Times 18 Oct. 13/5 Boundy, D. H. Trewint, Altarnun, Launceston, regrator.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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