road-makern.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊdˌmeɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈroʊdˌmeɪkər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: road n., maker n.

Etymology: < road n. + maker n.With sense 1 compare road n. 2, road v.¹ 1. With sense 2 compare earlier road-making n.

†1. A person who makes an inroad or raid. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun] > raider

road-maker1611

overrunnera1657

raider1861

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Voleur,..an inroder, or a road-maker.

2. A person or company engaged in road construction.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builders or maintainers of roads

waymaker?c1475

roadman1788

road-maker1792

path master1799

roadsman?1807

Macadamite1821

macadamizer1824

road breaker1834

grader1870

asphalter1880

linesman1888

lengthman1902

highway patrol1909

1792 S. Wales Assoc. for Improvem. of Roads 3 If the different parishes will compound and pay their quota to the Commissioners, they follow their plan of repair with their own road maker.

1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 362 Might not gentlemen..contract with an improved road-maker at a particular price by the mile?

1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 30/2 The general practice of modern roadmakers is to make the surface slightly convex.

1893 Scribner's Mag. June 706/1 Road-makers log out the road to its proper width.

1952 G. H. Dury Map Interpr. xi. 102 The great road-makers of the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries also achieved a compromise between improvement and substitution.

1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 25 Aug. 10 Road-makers and electricity-producers, as well as mining companies, are calling on archaeologists to survey and record Aboriginal sites before their projects start.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	road-maker
释义	road-makern. Brit. /ˈrəʊdˌmeɪkə/, U.S. /ˈroʊdˌmeɪkər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: road n., maker n. Etymology: < road n. + maker n.With sense 1 compare road n. 2, road v.¹ 1. With sense 2 compare earlier road-making n. †1. A person who makes an inroad or raid. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun] > raider road-maker1611 overrunnera1657 raider1861 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Voleur,..an inroder, or a road-maker. 2. A person or company engaged in road construction. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builders or maintainers of roads waymaker?c1475 roadman1788 road-maker1792 path master1799 roadsman?1807 Macadamite1821 macadamizer1824 road breaker1834 grader1870 asphalter1880 linesman1888 lengthman1902 highway patrol1909 1792 S. Wales Assoc. for Improvem. of Roads 3 If the different parishes will compound and pay their quota to the Commissioners, they follow their plan of repair with their own road maker. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 362 Might not gentlemen..contract with an improved road-maker at a particular price by the mile? 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 30/2 The general practice of modern roadmakers is to make the surface slightly convex. 1893 Scribner's Mag. June 706/1 Road-makers log out the road to its proper width. 1952 G. H. Dury Map Interpr. xi. 102 The great road-makers of the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries also achieved a compromise between improvement and substitution. 1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 25 Aug. 10 Road-makers and electricity-producers, as well as mining companies, are calling on archaeologists to survey and record Aboriginal sites before their projects start. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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