rule-makern.

Brit.

/ˈruːlˌmeɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈrulˌmeɪkər/

Forms:

α. 1600s– rule-maker.

β. (In sense 1) 1900s– rules-maker.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rule n.¹, maker n.

Etymology: In α. forms < rule n.¹ + maker n. In β. forms < the plural of rule n.¹ + maker n.

1. A person who draws up a rule or rules; a maker of regulations.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > regulator > one who makes rules

rule-maker1650

α.

1650 Exercitation Answered 7 It might well have become the Exercitator..modestly to have askt himself before he began this work, Who made him a Judge or a Rule-maker over the Commons in Parliament?

1680 V. Alsop Mischief Impositions iv. 26 There are very crooked ones [sc. rules] in the World; and who must be the Rule maker? for there are many pretenders.

1732 J. Hutchinson Treat. Power 124 Each of them follow their own Rule-maker.

1798 J. Wilson Apostolic Church Govt. Displayed iii. 109 (heading) A Host of antient and modern sectarian Rule-Makers, briefly taken Notice of.

1879 P. Brooks Infl. of Jesus 121 A mere rule-maker can have no personal considerations.

1893 Westm. Gaz. 26 Apr. 1/3 It behoves the rule-makers to be..scrupulously particular as to fairness and equity.

1915 Work with Boys Sept. 250 Here is where we laymen must step in and see that the rule makers have not things all their way.

1957 Encycl. Brit. IX. 478/2 The rule makers removed all advantage from the shift by requiring a full halt between the final jump and the snap of the ball.

1998 Yachts & Yachting 10 July 4/3 IRM will, according to the rule-makers, produce a modern boat that people will like.

β. 1911 Hampton's Mag. Mar. 374/1 It did produce a situation that should be brought to the attention of our omniscient body of rules-makers.1974 Sunday (Charleston, S. Carolina) 21 Apr. a3/3 Rulesmakers said politicians were put in a class by themselves, ‘because they get to practice all year in their daily work’.1996 G. E. White Offenhauser 31/2 Overnight, his beautiful and sophisticated supercharged engines were made obsolete, not by technology, but by racing's rulesmakers.

2. A maker of measuring rules.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of weighing or measuring instruments

scaler1415

balance-maker1611

rule-maker1718

pedometrician1827

1718 Weekly Jrnl. 19 July 500/1 On Tuesday last a Rule-maker in the Old-Jury was seized at Rotherhith for robbing on the Highway.

1780 Proc. Old Bailey 23 Feb. 174/1 He is a rule-maker by trade, and keeps a little broker's shop.

1845 Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 198/1 Ring makers and turners, 40; rule-makers, 174.

1876 Proc. Old Bailey 10 Jan. 213 I was in Seal's House, Everard Street—Seal is a rule maker.

1919 J. J. Walsh Hist Med. in N.Y. II. xxii. 341 He obtained some boxwood from a rule maker.

2006 H. Green Wood vii. 305 Rule makers began dividing feet into inches, quarter inches, and eighths.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rule-maker
释义	rule-makern. Brit. /ˈruːlˌmeɪkə/, U.S. /ˈrulˌmeɪkər/ Forms: α. 1600s– rule-maker. β. (In sense 1) 1900s– rules-maker. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rule n.¹, maker n. Etymology: In α. forms < rule n.¹ + maker n. In β. forms < the plural of rule n.¹ + maker n. 1. A person who draws up a rule or rules; a maker of regulations. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > regulator > one who makes rules rule-maker1650 α. 1650 Exercitation Answered 7 It might well have become the Exercitator..modestly to have askt himself before he began this work, Who made him a Judge or a Rule-maker over the Commons in Parliament? 1680 V. Alsop Mischief Impositions iv. 26 There are very crooked ones [sc. rules] in the World; and who must be the Rule maker? for there are many pretenders. 1732 J. Hutchinson Treat. Power 124 Each of them follow their own Rule-maker. 1798 J. Wilson Apostolic Church Govt. Displayed iii. 109 (heading) A Host of antient and modern sectarian Rule-Makers, briefly taken Notice of. 1879 P. Brooks Infl. of Jesus 121 A mere rule-maker can have no personal considerations. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 26 Apr. 1/3 It behoves the rule-makers to be..scrupulously particular as to fairness and equity. 1915 Work with Boys Sept. 250 Here is where we laymen must step in and see that the rule makers have not things all their way. 1957 Encycl. Brit. IX. 478/2 The rule makers removed all advantage from the shift by requiring a full halt between the final jump and the snap of the ball. 1998 Yachts & Yachting 10 July 4/3 IRM will, according to the rule-makers, produce a modern boat that people will like. β. 1911 Hampton's Mag. Mar. 374/1 It did produce a situation that should be brought to the attention of our omniscient body of rules-makers.1974 Sunday (Charleston, S. Carolina) 21 Apr. a3/3 Rulesmakers said politicians were put in a class by themselves, ‘because they get to practice all year in their daily work’.1996 G. E. White Offenhauser 31/2 Overnight, his beautiful and sophisticated supercharged engines were made obsolete, not by technology, but by racing's rulesmakers. 2. A maker of measuring rules. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of weighing or measuring instruments scaler1415 balance-maker1611 rule-maker1718 pedometrician1827 1718 Weekly Jrnl. 19 July 500/1 On Tuesday last a Rule-maker in the Old-Jury was seized at Rotherhith for robbing on the Highway. 1780 Proc. Old Bailey 23 Feb. 174/1 He is a rule-maker by trade, and keeps a little broker's shop. 1845 Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 198/1 Ring makers and turners, 40; rule-makers, 174. 1876 Proc. Old Bailey 10 Jan. 213 I was in Seal's House, Everard Street—Seal is a rule maker. 1919 J. J. Walsh Hist Med. in N.Y. II. xxii. 341 He obtained some boxwood from a rule maker. 2006 H. Green Wood vii. 305 Rule makers began dividing feet into inches, quarter inches, and eighths. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1650
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