† spellern.¹

Etymology: < spell v.¹ Compare Middle Dutch spelre; German dialect speller a gossip.

Obsolete. rare.

A preacher.

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > preacher > [noun]

angelOE

spellera1200

preacher?c1225

sermonerc1325

predicatorc1460

predicant?1519

pulpit man1581

homilist1616

concionator1623

sermonist1630

sermoneera1637

homiliana1641

pulpiteer1643

preachman1647

sermonizer1651

pulpitarian1654

pulpiter1681

predicatory1686

preacher man1848

preach1955

a1200 Vices & Virtues 45 Wile ðu hlesten spelleres and priestes and munekes..ne scalt ðu næure habben god.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21179 Þir war his discipleis tuelue,..Spellers o trouth.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20849 Speke we nou o þaa spellers bald,..þe apostlis þat all wide war spred.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

spellern.²

Brit.

/ˈspɛlə/, U.S.

/ˈspɛlər/

Forms: Also Middle English spellare.

Etymology: < spell v.² So Dutch and Flemish speller.

1. One who spells, or spells out, words; one having a specified proficiency in spelling; an authority on spelling.

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society > communication > writing > spelling > [noun] > one skilled in orthography

spellerc1440

spelderer1483

orthographer1596

orthography1600

speler1611

orthographist1616

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 468/1 Spellare, sillabicator.

1598 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades To Rdr. I write..to him that will disdaine those easie obiections, which euery speller may put together.

1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Rrr3^v/2 A good Speller, in point of Writing.

1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Rrr3^v/2 A bad Speller.

1776 Pennsylvania Evening Post 28 Mar. 160/2 He..is a poor writer and speller.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. iii. 37 The worst speller ever known.

1882 H. E. Scudder Noah Webster ii. 38 Webster was a moralist as well as a speller.

2. A seeker after something.

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the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > one who endeavours or attempts > to obtain or attain

student1545

suitor1548

studier1566

courtiera1616

speller1796

courter1830

1796 T. Paine Writ. (1895) III. 217 John Adams..it is known was always a speller after places and offices.

3. U.S. A spelling-book.

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society > communication > writing > spelling > [noun] > spelling book, primer

spelling-book1677

speller1864

1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1882 H. E. Scudder Noah Webster ii. 70 The popularity of ‘the speller’ rendered it liable to piracy.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 25 May 4/2 The extremely primitive primers and ‘spellers’.

Draft additions 1993

4. Computing = spelling checker n. at spelling n.² Additions.

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society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > applications program > spellcheck

speller1980

spelling checker1980

spell-check1983

spell checker1983

1980 Communications ACM 23 682/1 A similar approach is including common misspellings in the dictionary with the correct spelling... This approach has not been included in any current spellers.

1986 Australian 14 Oct. (Brisbane ed.) 48/2 Like most programs these days, it includes a speller.

1988 PC Mag. May 34/2 The best stand-alone spellers and word processors use much faster look-up routines.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

spellern.³

Forms: Also 1500s speler.

Etymology: Aphetic < espelers n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspeller.

Obsolete or archaic.

(See quots. and spiller n.²)

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > branch > on hind part of

espelers1486

speller1575

spiller1590

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 236 In a Bucke we say, Burre, Beame, Branche, Aduauncers, Pawlme, and Spelers.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Espois d'un cerf, the top of a red Deeres head; of a fallow, the Spellers.

1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xiv. 179 Skilfull Wood-men describing..a bucks head..say..Spellers. [Similarly in other writers.]

1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Spéssi,..those sharp hornes on the top of a Deers Antler called the Spellers.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vi. 200 Whereof some of the blades are curled round, divided and jagged like the Spellers of a Bucks-head.

1857 Fraser's Mag. 56 211 The advancer, palm, and spellers or spillers.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

n.¹a1200

n.²c1440

n.³1575

单词	speller
释义	† spellern.¹ Etymology: < spell v.¹ Compare Middle Dutch spelre; German dialect speller a gossip. Obsolete. rare. A preacher. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > preacher > [noun] angelOE spellera1200 preacher?c1225 sermonerc1325 predicatorc1460 predicant?1519 pulpit man1581 homilist1616 concionator1623 sermonist1630 sermoneera1637 homiliana1641 pulpiteer1643 preachman1647 sermonizer1651 pulpitarian1654 pulpiter1681 predicatory1686 preacher man1848 preach1955 a1200 Vices & Virtues 45 Wile ðu hlesten spelleres and priestes and munekes..ne scalt ðu næure habben god. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21179 Þir war his discipleis tuelue,..Spellers o trouth. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20849 Speke we nou o þaa spellers bald,..þe apostlis þat all wide war spred. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2021). spellern.² Brit. /ˈspɛlə/, U.S. /ˈspɛlər/ Forms: Also Middle English spellare. Etymology: < spell v.² So Dutch and Flemish speller. 1. One who spells, or spells out, words; one having a specified proficiency in spelling; an authority on spelling. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > spelling > [noun] > one skilled in orthography spellerc1440 spelderer1483 orthographer1596 orthography1600 speler1611 orthographist1616 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 468/1 Spellare, sillabicator. 1598 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades To Rdr. I write..to him that will disdaine those easie obiections, which euery speller may put together. 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Rrr3^v/2 A good Speller, in point of Writing. 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Rrr3^v/2 A bad Speller. 1776 Pennsylvania Evening Post 28 Mar. 160/2 He..is a poor writer and speller. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. iii. 37 The worst speller ever known. 1882 H. E. Scudder Noah Webster ii. 38 Webster was a moralist as well as a speller. 2. A seeker after something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > one who endeavours or attempts > to obtain or attain student1545 suitor1548 studier1566 courtiera1616 speller1796 courter1830 1796 T. Paine Writ. (1895) III. 217 John Adams..it is known was always a speller after places and offices. 3. U.S. A spelling-book. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > spelling > [noun] > spelling book, primer spelling-book1677 speller1864 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1882 H. E. Scudder Noah Webster ii. 70 The popularity of ‘the speller’ rendered it liable to piracy. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 25 May 4/2 The extremely primitive primers and ‘spellers’. Draft additions 1993 4. Computing = spelling checker n. at spelling n.² Additions. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > applications program > spellcheck speller1980 spelling checker1980 spell-check1983 spell checker1983 1980 Communications ACM 23 682/1 A similar approach is including common misspellings in the dictionary with the correct spelling... This approach has not been included in any current spellers. 1986 Australian 14 Oct. (Brisbane ed.) 48/2 Like most programs these days, it includes a speller. 1988 PC Mag. May 34/2 The best stand-alone spellers and word processors use much faster look-up routines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). spellern.³ Forms: Also 1500s speler. Etymology: Aphetic < espelers n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspeller. Obsolete or archaic. (See quots. and spiller n.²) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > branch > on hind part of espelers1486 speller1575 spiller1590 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 236 In a Bucke we say, Burre, Beame, Branche, Aduauncers, Pawlme, and Spelers. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Espois d'un cerf, the top of a red Deeres head; of a fallow, the Spellers. 1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xiv. 179 Skilfull Wood-men describing..a bucks head..say..Spellers. [Similarly in other writers.] 1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Spéssi,..those sharp hornes on the top of a Deers Antler called the Spellers. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vi. 200 Whereof some of the blades are curled round, divided and jagged like the Spellers of a Bucks-head. 1857 Fraser's Mag. 56 211 The advancer, palm, and spellers or spillers.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹a1200n.²c1440n.³1575
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