small mann.

Brit.

/ˈsmɔːl man/, U.S.

/ˈsmɔl ˌmæn/,

/ˈsmɑl ˌmæn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: small adj., man n.¹

Etymology: < small adj. + man n.¹ Earlier currency is implied by post-classical Latin smalemannus, in the same sense (1130 in a British source; < Old English; compare also smalmolmennus minor rent payer (1272 in a British source)). The word is also attested early as a personal name, e.g. Smaleman de Cobbeham (early 12th cent.), and surname, e.g. Hubert Smaleman (1209) and Richard Smaleman (1275), although the precise sense is unclear.

1. Usually in form smallman. A minor manorial tenant holding land by copyhold. Now historical.Recorded earliest in smallman's land n. a small piece of land held by copyhold (in quot. 1367 apparently as a field name).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by copyhold

small man1367

copyholder1511

1367 in P. H. Reaney Place-names Essex (1935) 584 Smalemanneslond.

1417 Court Roll Great Waltham in Middle Eng. Dict. at Smal Two smallmannes lond.

1895 F. Pollock & F. W. Maitland Hist. Eng. Law I. ii. iii. 533 We have some proof that in Henry I.'s time ‘small men’, minuti homines, owed suit to the county court and served as doomsmen.

1962 M. Howell Regalian Right Medieval Eng. ii. 28 But what did the thanes, drengs and smallmen pay?

2. With the. The typical small-scale proprietor of land or (now esp.) a business. Cf. little man n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > engaged in business on small scale

small man1999

1800 Parl. Reg. 1797–1802 XII. 437 We must protect the small man; we must recollect that the miller who has invested the greatest part of his property in building his mill must live.

1935 M. Egan Dominant Sex i. 27 In these days of trusts and combines the small man hardly stands an earthly.

1999 Daily Tel. 19 Aug. 13/5–6 A..coalition of nationalists, who collected votes from the small man put upon by..Thatcherites and Blairo-Jacobins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	small man
释义	small mann. Brit. /ˈsmɔːl man/, U.S. /ˈsmɔl ˌmæn/, /ˈsmɑl ˌmæn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: small adj., man n.¹ Etymology: < small adj. + man n.¹ Earlier currency is implied by post-classical Latin smalemannus, in the same sense (1130 in a British source; < Old English; compare also smalmolmennus minor rent payer (1272 in a British source)). The word is also attested early as a personal name, e.g. Smaleman de Cobbeham (early 12th cent.), and surname, e.g. Hubert Smaleman (1209) and Richard Smaleman (1275), although the precise sense is unclear. 1. Usually in form smallman. A minor manorial tenant holding land by copyhold. Now historical.Recorded earliest in smallman's land n. a small piece of land held by copyhold (in quot. 1367 apparently as a field name). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by copyhold small man1367 copyholder1511 1367 in P. H. Reaney Place-names Essex (1935) 584 Smalemanneslond. 1417 Court Roll Great Waltham in Middle Eng. Dict. at Smal Two smallmannes lond. 1895 F. Pollock & F. W. Maitland Hist. Eng. Law I. ii. iii. 533 We have some proof that in Henry I.'s time ‘small men’, minuti homines, owed suit to the county court and served as doomsmen. 1962 M. Howell Regalian Right Medieval Eng. ii. 28 But what did the thanes, drengs and smallmen pay? 2. With the. The typical small-scale proprietor of land or (now esp.) a business. Cf. little man n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > engaged in business on small scale small man1999 1800 Parl. Reg. 1797–1802 XII. 437 We must protect the small man; we must recollect that the miller who has invested the greatest part of his property in building his mill must live. 1935 M. Egan Dominant Sex i. 27 In these days of trusts and combines the small man hardly stands an earthly. 1999 Daily Tel. 19 Aug. 13/5–6 A..coalition of nationalists, who collected votes from the small man put upon by..Thatcherites and Blairo-Jacobins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1367
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