† seat-townn.

Forms: see seat n. and town n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seat n., town n.

Etymology: < seat n. + town n.

Obsolete.

1. A town used as the head-quarters of an army.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > garrison-town

garrisonc1430

seat-town1591

place, town of garrison1592

garrison-town1649

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 133 It was chosen..for the seate-towne of the warre [L. belli sedes].

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 237 Robert Bishop of Constance..chose it for the seat-towne of the whole warre.

2. A capital town, = seat n. 13.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > chief town or capital city

headeOE

mother-boroughc1225

master-borougha1325

sedea1387

chief1393

master-townc1400

metropolitan?a1439

capital city1439

master citya1450

stade1481

metropolea1500

capital1525

seatc1540

head-place1546

chamber1555

mother city1570

metropolis1584

metropolite1591

madam-town1593

capital town1601

seat-town1601

metropolie1633

megapolis1638

county seat1803

Queen City1807

metrop1888

Metroland1951

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vi. xxvii. 138 The auncient royall pallace and seat towne of the Persian K[ings].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	seat-town
释义	† seat-townn. Forms: see seat n. and town n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seat n., town n. Etymology: < seat n. + town n. Obsolete. 1. A town used as the head-quarters of an army. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > garrison-town garrisonc1430 seat-town1591 place, town of garrison1592 garrison-town1649 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 133 It was chosen..for the seate-towne of the warre [L. belli sedes]. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 237 Robert Bishop of Constance..chose it for the seat-towne of the whole warre. 2. A capital town, = seat n. 13. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > chief town or capital city headeOE mother-boroughc1225 master-borougha1325 sedea1387 chief1393 master-townc1400 metropolitan?a1439 capital city1439 master citya1450 stade1481 metropolea1500 capital1525 seatc1540 head-place1546 chamber1555 mother city1570 metropolis1584 metropolite1591 madam-town1593 capital town1601 seat-town1601 metropolie1633 megapolis1638 county seat1803 Queen City1807 metrop1888 Metroland1951 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vi. xxvii. 138 The auncient royall pallace and seat towne of the Persian K[ings]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1591
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