单词 | studman |
释义 | > as lemmasstudman studman n. a person who tends the horses in a stud; an employee of a stud farm; a horse breeder; = studsman n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > horse-breeding > horse-breeder studherd1195 studman1545 horse-breeder1607 stud groom1736 studsman1861 1545 in J. Gairdner & R. H. Brodie Lett. & Papers Reign Henry VIII (1907) (modernized text) XX. ii. 515 Matt. de Mantua, studman, 4l. 11s. 3d. 1798 J. Ebers New & Compl. Dict. German & Eng. Lang. II. 101/2 The Stud-Man, whose Business it is to see that a Mare is properly covered or horsed. 1871 Bell's Life in London 7 Jan. 7/1 The stud men's opinion of the half Arab lot was that they were rubbish. 2010 Racing Post (Nexis) 26 Nov. 17 Increasing the VAT rate would make it even more difficult for studmen to buy the horse in the first place. < as lemmas |
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