† staffiern.

Forms: 1500s stafyre, 1600s–1700s staffier.

Etymology: < Italian staffiero, -ere, < staffa stirrup, < Old High German stapho : see step v. Compare French estafier.

Obsolete.

‘A lacquey, that attends the stirrup’ (Blount Glossogr., 1674); a footman. Chiefly with reference to Italy.

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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > footman

footmanc1405

foot knavea1425

lackey1512

lacket1523

staffier1532

outrunner1598

fore-footman1610

skip-kennel1668

fart-catcher1785

carriage man1857

1532 E. Boner in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VII. 396 The said old Abbot of Ferfa..hath been of late at Rome with 3 score in companye, besides 20 stafyres.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 113 Before the Dame, and round about, March'd Whifflers, and Staffiers on foot.

1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 12 The Italians..value no brauery but that of Coache and horses and Staffiers.

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 396 The Nobility..chuse..to spend their revenues in..keeping coaches and horses and a great retinue of servants and staffiers.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vii. §89. 574 These figures were brought by the Mob in grand Procession, from the further End of London, with honourable Attendance of Staffiers and Link-Boys.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	staffier
释义	† staffiern. Forms: 1500s stafyre, 1600s–1700s staffier. Etymology: < Italian staffiero, -ere, < staffa stirrup, < Old High German stapho : see step v. Compare French estafier. Obsolete. ‘A lacquey, that attends the stirrup’ (Blount Glossogr., 1674); a footman. Chiefly with reference to Italy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > footman footmanc1405 foot knavea1425 lackey1512 lacket1523 staffier1532 outrunner1598 fore-footman1610 skip-kennel1668 fart-catcher1785 carriage man1857 1532 E. Boner in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VII. 396 The said old Abbot of Ferfa..hath been of late at Rome with 3 score in companye, besides 20 stafyres. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 113 Before the Dame, and round about, March'd Whifflers, and Staffiers on foot. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 12 The Italians..value no brauery but that of Coache and horses and Staffiers. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 396 The Nobility..chuse..to spend their revenues in..keeping coaches and horses and a great retinue of servants and staffiers. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vii. §89. 574 These figures were brought by the Mob in grand Procession, from the further End of London, with honourable Attendance of Staffiers and Link-Boys. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1532
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