| 单词 | statute labourer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstatute labourer statute labourer n. †(a) a labourer whose wages were fixed by the Statute of Labourers (1351) (obsolete); (b) a person who undertakes statute labour (now historical) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > employee > who receives wages statute labourer1509 wages-fellow1652 flint1765 wage-earner1885 wages-man1888 wage-worker1888 wage-winner1902 payroller1910 wage labourer1957 1509 Proclam. Henry VIII Kynges Grace Pardoned (single sheet) (verso) Statute labourers for all vnlawfull games. a1650 S. D'Ewes Jrnls. Parl. Queen Elizabeth anno 1601 (1682) 680/2 These Statute Labourers learned in short time the use of Plaister of Paris. 1763 Gentleman's Mag. June 288/2 A statute-labourer, will be sure to..do as little in those six days as possible. 1859 Daily News 8 July 3/3 The statute labourers to whom the roads were confided would lose their employment. 1990 M. Reed Landscape of Brit. (2003) viii. 270 Turnpike trustees could appoint salaried surveyors and hire labour in place of the unwilling statute labourers. < as lemmas |
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