单词 | boat-bearer |
释义 | boat-bearern. 1. A person who carries a boat. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [noun] > conveying or transporting > action of carrying > one who carries > of specific thing pannier-bearer1451 basket-bearer1530 bagman1531 burden-bearer1580 hamperman1631 budget-bearer1684 boat-bearer1706 card carrier1845 basket-carrier1849 bag-carrier1890 1706 J. Potter Archæologia Græca (ed. 2) I. ii. xx. 421 The Μέτοικοι, or Sojourners, who carry'd little Boats as a token of their being Foreigners, and were upon that account call'd Σκαϕηϕόροι, i. e. Boat-bearers. 1877 M. Reid Gwen Wynn I. xvi. 208 The tourist will be astonished at a feat so herculean..and will only be altogether enlightened when the boat-bearer lays down his burden. 1990 Classical Q. 40 415 Jane Johnson..compares the funerary use of boat-models in Cyprus with the boat-bearer on the Hagia Triadha sarcophagos. 2009 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 July c1 At five minutes to noon the sweaty boat bearers paused in front of the museum's steps and dipped the canoe down. 2. Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church. A person who carries the incense boat, accompanying the thurifer carrying the censer. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > person in minor orders > acolyte > [noun] > bearing incense ship-bearer?c1450 boat-bearer1839 boat-boy1902 1839 Times 17 Sept. 5/4 After these followed the chaplain, warden and bursar of the Bradford Gild, attended again by the mutes; then the thurifer and boat-bearer. 1899 P. Dearmer Parson's Handbk. 128 The thurifer and boat-bearer enter with the censer and boat. 1918 A. Fortescue Cerem. Rom. Rite 25 (note) The boat-bearer will stand or kneel at the thurifer's left. 1993 A. J. Nevins Called to Serve (rev. ed.) App. 42 According to the degree of solemnity desired, a thurifer and boat-bearer and other servers may be added. 2010 Cornish Guardian (Nexis) 10 Feb. The sanctuary party included Tom Warne, thurifer; Sandra Warne, boat-bearer; Howard Kent, crucifer; [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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