smitern.

Brit.

/ˈsmʌɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈsmaɪdər/

Forms: Middle English smijteres (plural), Middle English smitar, Middle English smitere, Middle English smitter, Middle English smytere, Middle English–1600s smyter, Middle English– smiter.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: smite v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < smite v. + -er suffix¹.In sense 1b after classical Latin percussor (see percussor n.). In sense 2a partly reflecting association with scimitar n. (see variants at that entry). With sense 3 compare slightly earlier fallow-smiter n. at fallow n.¹ Compounds 3.

a. A person who strikes or beats someone or something; a person who deals a blow or blows. Frequently figurative or in extended use: a person who fights against or defeats someone or something; a fighter. In later use chiefly with of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > person or animal that strikes

smiterc1230

blow-giver1548

strikera1586

pulsator1656

hitter1813

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 82 Ha wule..aȝeines þe smitere beode forð þe cheke.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. l. 6 My bodi I ȝaf to the smyteres [L. percutientibus], and my chekes to the pulleris.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxv. 1215 Whanne [a lion] is ywounded he..reseþ on þe smytere.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6685 Þe smiter sal quite his lechyng, And þe scath of his liging.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 164 (MED) Þe tunge of þe flaterere harmyth more þan þe swerd of þe smytere.

c1460 Tree & 12 Frutes (McClean) (1960) 125 (MED) A bisshop..must be in al his living vnreproueable, no smyter but esy and manerly.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxvii. A Smyteth he not his smyter, as euel as he is smytten himself?

1591 H. Smith Fruitfull Serm. sig. B3^v If Paule had liued in our dayes,..hee shoulde haue seene, not onely despisers of the Prophets,..but hunters, biters, and smiters of them.

1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 477 The smiter was to bee apprehended.

1664 J. Tombes (title) Saints no Smiters; or, Smiters Civil Powers not the Work of Saints.

1750 R. Erskine Short Paraphr. upon Lament. of Jeremiah 19 His cheek he to the smiter's will Revengeless doth assign.

1787 T. Jefferson Tour S. France Mar.–June in Papers (1955) XI. 446 They become..sailors, lock keepers, smiters on the anvil.

1814 Ld. Byron Corsair iii. viii. 79 Therefore came I..To smite the smiter with the scimitar.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. vii. 117 Lanfranc again shone forth as the irresistible smiter of heresy.

1919 J. Kelman War & Preaching i. 21 God..is equally at home among the hewers of wood and smiters of iron.

1969 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 3 Sept. 4/2 What a contradiction he was: crusader, muckraker, smiter of evil.

2013 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 9 Apr. 10 She was the stalwart defender of the Falklands Islands, but also the doughty smiter of the British coal miners.

†b. An executioner. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > executioner

manquellera1275

officer?1387

smiterc1390

manslayera1425

man's quellerc1429

baserc1480

butcher1483

executora1513

slaughter-slave1556

carnifex1561

executioner1561

deathsman1589

verdugo1616

hals-mana1658

c1390 (?c1350) Virgin of Antioch l. 253 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 30 A smiter ȝif þer beo to day, Me to sle, nou icomen in..Mi goode soule, beo not aferd.

a1450 St. Katherine (Richardson 44) (1884) 61 The batayl of my stryf fulfylled, I abyde the swerd of the smyter.

c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) v. l. 1885 The mayde leyde foorth hir nekke fayr & white, And thus she seyde on-to the smytere thoo.

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 197 (MED) The arme of the smyter grucchid and was inflexible and ne myȝt noȝt bowe.

†c. Coining. A person who strikes the die which imprints the design on a coin. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > workers performing other tasks or processes

river?c1475

melter1511

sinker1526

folder up1552

wiper1552

scourer1574

heaver1587

stoverc1600

rasper1611

ripper1611

roller1616

smearer1632

waterleadera1650

scooper1668

smiter1670

puncher1681

staker1688

crusher1794

hardener1796

reamer1822

piledriver1826

catcher1832

waterproofer1837

middler1847

culler1850

hanger-on1858

pitcher1865

bumper1871

fine liner1871

bricksetter1883

waxer1890

bottle-oh1898

edger1909

bottle-o-er1915

caster1921

recycler1970

linesperson1973

1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales xxvi. 41 Then the Smiter of Irons, after they be graved, smites them upon the Monie.

†d. A person who performs an action, task, etc., in an energetic manner. English regional (Suffolk). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigorous or energetic person

pealerc1400

terrier1532

swinger1583

whipster1590

fireman1648

my (also me) hearty1735

whitherer1790

spunkie1806

vigorist1807

spunk1808

goer1811

smiter1823

hard hitter1831

blue hen's chicken (also chick)1859

stem-winder1875

vital force1886

live wire1896

towser1901

powerhouse1908

jazzer1912

1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 368 Smiter, one who does any thing with energy; or in a striking manner.

e. Originally and chiefly Cricket. A batter who is able to strike the ball very hard; a hard-hitting batter. Later also in other sports: a player who is able to strike the ball very hard. Cf. smite v. 5e.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > batsman > types of batsman

sticker1832

short runner1833

punisher1846

slogger1850

blocker1851

cutter1851

swiper1853

top scorer1860

stick1863

left-hander1864

smiter1878

centurion1886

driver1888

pad-player1888

poker1888

spectacle-maker1893

back-player1897

hooker1900

under-runner1903

puller1911

square cutter1920

straight driver1925

stroke-maker1927

goose-gamer1928

stroke-player1935

flasher1936

sweeper1961

tonker1977

1878 Sporting Gaz. 13 July 19/2 Mr. Gregory and his merry men had a turn at the cricket ground..with an eleven captained by the mighty smiter, Mr. C. J. Thornton.

1895 Baily's Mag. Nov. 366/2 Suppose there are men on second and third bases..and a noted hitter at the bat... Perhaps he will be followed by an equally efficient smiter.

1897 D. Moffat Crickety Cricket 25 Stoddart the smiter has carried his bat For a grandly made three-figure score.

1905 Bystander 19 July 152/2 There is no room for good long driving..the podgy, stuffy player is just as well off as the real smiter.

1974 Times 12 June 8/5 Burgess (no natural smiter) hit Johnson for 23 runs in an over.

2015 Radio Times 9 May (South/West ed.) 113/3 The Outlaws have some almighty smiters in their ranks, and both sides should be clearing the boundaries regularly.

†2.

a. A sword. Obsolete.In quot. 1591 in a play on words in which scimitar has been shortened to smiter.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun]

sword971

brandOE

edgeOE

ironOE

brandelletc1325

garec1330

toolc1386

brank1480

tranchefera1533

flatchet1577

Morglay1582

smiter1591

brandiron1596

Toledo1601

machaira1614

spit-frog1615

toasting-irona1616

spit1642

bilbo1676

porker1688

tilter1688

degen1699

spurtlec1700

toaster1751

toasting-fork1807

slasher1815

cheese-cutter1824

khanda1825

cheese-toaster1858

windlestraw1895

1591 J. Lyly Endimion i. iii. sig. C It is my Simiter, which I by construction often studying to be compendious, call my Smyter.

a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub iv. ii. 59 in Wks. (1640) III Put thy smiter up, and heare; I dare not tell the truth to a drawne sword.

1648 D. Lloyd Legend Capt. Iones Continued 2 His fatall Smiter thrice aloft he shakes.

1864 K. H. Digby Evenings on Thames (ed. 2) I. ix. 503 He may perhaps talk of Morglay, Excalibar, Durindana, and others, but still, for all that..let him put his smiter up.

1878 ‘E. Goff’ Kronikle of King 10 His smiter wos plunged up tu the hilt in diments.

b. slang. An arm. Obsolete.Recorded chiefly in dictionaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [noun]

armeOE

brawna1382

hand?a1425

branch1594

bridle arm1622

shield-arm1640

smiter1673

sword-arm1687

fin1785

pistol arm1800

spade-arm1804

pinion1848

liver wing1855

bow-arm1860

meathook1919

gun1973

1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 45 Smiter, an Arm. [Also in later dictionaries.]

?1790 G. Parker Life's Painter (ed. 2) xiv. 141 If you'll hold his smiters up, and I should see him again to-morrow, I'll do him out and out.

3. Also more fully smiter pigeon. A variety of the domestic pigeon which strikes its wings together over its back when flying, producing a loud clapping noise. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types

porcelainc1530

turn-pate1611

light horseman1661

runt1661

smiter1668

helmet1676

mammet1678

Cortbeck1688

turbit1688

turner1688

dragoon1725

finicking1725

Leghorn1725

nun1725

owl1725

petit1725

trumpeter1725

horseman1735

Mahomet1735

barbel1736

turn-tail1736

frill-back1765

blue rock1825

beard1826

ice pigeon1829

toy1831

black1839

skinnum1839

splash1851

whole-feather1851

spangle1854

swallow1854

shield1855

stork pigeon1855

Swabian1855

yellow1855

archangel1867

dragon1867

starling1867

magpie1868

smerle1869

bluette1870

cumulet1876

oriental1876

spot fairy1876

turbiteen1876

blondinette1879

hyacinth1879

Modena pigeon1879

silver-dun1879

silverette1879

silver-mealy1879

swift pigeon1879

Victoria1879

visor1879

ice1881

swallow pigeon1881

velvet fairy1881

priesta1889

frill1890

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 76 Gyratices,..Clappers, & Smiters.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 182 Smiters..clap them [sc. their wings] so strongly, that they make a greater sound than two Battledores or other boards struck one against another.

1778 G. White Let. 7 Aug. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 238 Pigeons, and particularly the sort called smiters, have a way of clashing their wings the one against the other over their backs with a loud snap.

1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 614 Smiter Pigeon, Le Pigeon batteur.

1854 L. A. Meall Moubray's Treat. Poultry 277 Smiter.—This sub-variety, if it ever existed as distinct, has now entirely disappeared.

1938 J. Walpole-Bond Hist. Sussex Birds II. 163 Both sexes [of the nightjar], in irritation, smack their wings above their backs, after the fashion of Smiter-Pigeons and the Ring-Dove, amongst other species.

1983 Amer. Pigeon Jrnl. 54/2 The Smiter is found only in self colors and is about the same size as the Belgian Ringbeater.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	smiter
释义	smitern. Brit. /ˈsmʌɪtə/, U.S. /ˈsmaɪdər/ Forms: Middle English smijteres (plural), Middle English smitar, Middle English smitere, Middle English smitter, Middle English smytere, Middle English–1600s smyter, Middle English– smiter. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: smite v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < smite v. + -er suffix¹.In sense 1b after classical Latin percussor (see percussor n.). In sense 2a partly reflecting association with scimitar n. (see variants at that entry). With sense 3 compare slightly earlier fallow-smiter n. at fallow n.¹ Compounds 3. 1. a. A person who strikes or beats someone or something; a person who deals a blow or blows. Frequently figurative or in extended use: a person who fights against or defeats someone or something; a fighter. In later use chiefly with of. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > person or animal that strikes smiterc1230 blow-giver1548 strikera1586 pulsator1656 hitter1813 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 82 Ha wule..aȝeines þe smitere beode forð þe cheke. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. l. 6 My bodi I ȝaf to the smyteres [L. percutientibus], and my chekes to the pulleris. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxv. 1215 Whanne [a lion] is ywounded he..reseþ on þe smytere. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6685 Þe smiter sal quite his lechyng, And þe scath of his liging. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 164 (MED) Þe tunge of þe flaterere harmyth more þan þe swerd of þe smytere. c1460 Tree & 12 Frutes (McClean) (1960) 125 (MED) A bisshop..must be in al his living vnreproueable, no smyter but esy and manerly. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxvii. A Smyteth he not his smyter, as euel as he is smytten himself? 1591 H. Smith Fruitfull Serm. sig. B3^v If Paule had liued in our dayes,..hee shoulde haue seene, not onely despisers of the Prophets,..but hunters, biters, and smiters of them. 1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 477 The smiter was to bee apprehended. 1664 J. Tombes (title) Saints no Smiters; or, Smiters Civil Powers not the Work of Saints. 1750 R. Erskine Short Paraphr. upon Lament. of Jeremiah 19 His cheek he to the smiter's will Revengeless doth assign. 1787 T. Jefferson Tour S. France Mar.–June in Papers (1955) XI. 446 They become..sailors, lock keepers, smiters on the anvil. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair iii. viii. 79 Therefore came I..To smite the smiter with the scimitar. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. vii. 117 Lanfranc again shone forth as the irresistible smiter of heresy. 1919 J. Kelman War & Preaching i. 21 God..is equally at home among the hewers of wood and smiters of iron. 1969 Salina (Kansas) Jrnl. 3 Sept. 4/2 What a contradiction he was: crusader, muckraker, smiter of evil. 2013 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 9 Apr. 10 She was the stalwart defender of the Falklands Islands, but also the doughty smiter of the British coal miners. †b. An executioner. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > executioner manquellera1275 officer?1387 smiterc1390 manslayera1425 man's quellerc1429 baserc1480 butcher1483 executora1513 slaughter-slave1556 carnifex1561 executioner1561 deathsman1589 verdugo1616 hals-mana1658 c1390 (?c1350) Virgin of Antioch l. 253 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 30 A smiter ȝif þer beo to day, Me to sle, nou icomen in..Mi goode soule, beo not aferd. a1450 St. Katherine (Richardson 44) (1884) 61 The batayl of my stryf fulfylled, I abyde the swerd of the smyter. c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) v. l. 1885 The mayde leyde foorth hir nekke fayr & white, And thus she seyde on-to the smytere thoo. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 197 (MED) The arme of the smyter grucchid and was inflexible and ne myȝt noȝt bowe. †c. Coining. A person who strikes the die which imprints the design on a coin. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > workers performing other tasks or processes river?c1475 melter1511 sinker1526 folder up1552 wiper1552 scourer1574 heaver1587 stoverc1600 rasper1611 ripper1611 roller1616 smearer1632 waterleadera1650 scooper1668 smiter1670 puncher1681 staker1688 crusher1794 hardener1796 reamer1822 piledriver1826 catcher1832 waterproofer1837 middler1847 culler1850 hanger-on1858 pitcher1865 bumper1871 fine liner1871 bricksetter1883 waxer1890 bottle-oh1898 edger1909 bottle-o-er1915 caster1921 recycler1970 linesperson1973 1670 J. Pettus Fodinæ Regales xxvi. 41 Then the Smiter of Irons, after they be graved, smites them upon the Monie. †d. A person who performs an action, task, etc., in an energetic manner. English regional (Suffolk). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigorous or energetic person pealerc1400 terrier1532 swinger1583 whipster1590 fireman1648 my (also me) hearty1735 whitherer1790 spunkie1806 vigorist1807 spunk1808 goer1811 smiter1823 hard hitter1831 blue hen's chicken (also chick)1859 stem-winder1875 vital force1886 live wire1896 towser1901 powerhouse1908 jazzer1912 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 368 Smiter, one who does any thing with energy; or in a striking manner. e. Originally and chiefly Cricket. A batter who is able to strike the ball very hard; a hard-hitting batter. Later also in other sports: a player who is able to strike the ball very hard. Cf. smite v. 5e. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > batsman > types of batsman sticker1832 short runner1833 punisher1846 slogger1850 blocker1851 cutter1851 swiper1853 top scorer1860 stick1863 left-hander1864 smiter1878 centurion1886 driver1888 pad-player1888 poker1888 spectacle-maker1893 back-player1897 hooker1900 under-runner1903 puller1911 square cutter1920 straight driver1925 stroke-maker1927 goose-gamer1928 stroke-player1935 flasher1936 sweeper1961 tonker1977 1878 Sporting Gaz. 13 July 19/2 Mr. Gregory and his merry men had a turn at the cricket ground..with an eleven captained by the mighty smiter, Mr. C. J. Thornton. 1895 Baily's Mag. Nov. 366/2 Suppose there are men on second and third bases..and a noted hitter at the bat... Perhaps he will be followed by an equally efficient smiter. 1897 D. Moffat Crickety Cricket 25 Stoddart the smiter has carried his bat For a grandly made three-figure score. 1905 Bystander 19 July 152/2 There is no room for good long driving..the podgy, stuffy player is just as well off as the real smiter. 1974 Times 12 June 8/5 Burgess (no natural smiter) hit Johnson for 23 runs in an over. 2015 Radio Times 9 May (South/West ed.) 113/3 The Outlaws have some almighty smiters in their ranks, and both sides should be clearing the boundaries regularly. †2. a. A sword. Obsolete.In quot. 1591 in a play on words in which scimitar has been shortened to smiter. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] sword971 brandOE edgeOE ironOE brandelletc1325 garec1330 toolc1386 brank1480 tranchefera1533 flatchet1577 Morglay1582 smiter1591 brandiron1596 Toledo1601 machaira1614 spit-frog1615 toasting-irona1616 spit1642 bilbo1676 porker1688 tilter1688 degen1699 spurtlec1700 toaster1751 toasting-fork1807 slasher1815 cheese-cutter1824 khanda1825 cheese-toaster1858 windlestraw1895 1591 J. Lyly Endimion i. iii. sig. C It is my Simiter, which I by construction often studying to be compendious, call my Smyter. a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub iv. ii. 59 in Wks. (1640) III Put thy smiter up, and heare; I dare not tell the truth to a drawne sword. View more context for this quotation 1648 D. Lloyd Legend Capt. Iones Continued 2 His fatall Smiter thrice aloft he shakes. 1864 K. H. Digby Evenings on Thames (ed. 2) I. ix. 503 He may perhaps talk of Morglay, Excalibar, Durindana, and others, but still, for all that..let him put his smiter up. 1878 ‘E. Goff’ Kronikle of King 10 His smiter wos plunged up tu the hilt in diments. b. slang. An arm. Obsolete.Recorded chiefly in dictionaries. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [noun] armeOE brawna1382 hand?a1425 branch1594 bridle arm1622 shield-arm1640 smiter1673 sword-arm1687 fin1785 pistol arm1800 spade-arm1804 pinion1848 liver wing1855 bow-arm1860 meathook1919 gun1973 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 45 Smiter, an Arm. [Also in later dictionaries.] ?1790 G. Parker Life's Painter (ed. 2) xiv. 141 If you'll hold his smiters up, and I should see him again to-morrow, I'll do him out and out. 3. Also more fully smiter pigeon. A variety of the domestic pigeon which strikes its wings together over its back when flying, producing a loud clapping noise. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > domestic pigeon > [noun] > other types porcelainc1530 turn-pate1611 light horseman1661 runt1661 smiter1668 helmet1676 mammet1678 Cortbeck1688 turbit1688 turner1688 dragoon1725 finicking1725 Leghorn1725 nun1725 owl1725 petit1725 trumpeter1725 horseman1735 Mahomet1735 barbel1736 turn-tail1736 frill-back1765 blue rock1825 beard1826 ice pigeon1829 toy1831 black1839 skinnum1839 splash1851 whole-feather1851 spangle1854 swallow1854 shield1855 stork pigeon1855 Swabian1855 yellow1855 archangel1867 dragon1867 starling1867 magpie1868 smerle1869 bluette1870 cumulet1876 oriental1876 spot fairy1876 turbiteen1876 blondinette1879 hyacinth1879 Modena pigeon1879 silver-dun1879 silverette1879 silver-mealy1879 swift pigeon1879 Victoria1879 visor1879 ice1881 swallow pigeon1881 velvet fairy1881 priesta1889 frill1890 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 76 Gyratices,..Clappers, & Smiters. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 182 Smiters..clap them [sc. their wings] so strongly, that they make a greater sound than two Battledores or other boards struck one against another. 1778 G. White Let. 7 Aug. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 238 Pigeons, and particularly the sort called smiters, have a way of clashing their wings the one against the other over their backs with a loud snap. 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 614 Smiter Pigeon, Le Pigeon batteur. 1854 L. A. Meall Moubray's Treat. Poultry 277 Smiter.—This sub-variety, if it ever existed as distinct, has now entirely disappeared. 1938 J. Walpole-Bond Hist. Sussex Birds II. 163 Both sexes [of the nightjar], in irritation, smack their wings above their backs, after the fashion of Smiter-Pigeons and the Ring-Dove, amongst other species. 1983 Amer. Pigeon Jrnl. 54/2 The Smiter is found only in self colors and is about the same size as the Belgian Ringbeater. 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