| 单词 | sumpter man |
| 释义 | > as lemmassumpter man sumpter man n. a man employed to drive a packhorse. ΚΠ 1391 in L. T. Smith Exped. Prussia & Holy Land Earl Derby (1894) 100 (MED) Pro expensis..scutiferorum et sumptermen domini pro pane albo. c1475 (a1400) Sir Amadace (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 38 Thenne his sometour-mon before was dyȝte. 1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 19v He must needs be chargde wt sompter men. 1725 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Duke of Portland (1901) VI. 81 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 676) XXXVI. i. 1 Samll. Jackson, the sumpter man. 1831 Eminent Brit. Statesmen (Cabinet Cycl.) I. 130 There was a regular master of the horse presiding over the stable department, with a suitable revenue [sic] of yeomen, grooms, sumpter-men, muleteers, saddlers, and farriers. 1995 Economist 26 Aug. 86/1 Her [sc. Margaret of Anjou's] household comprised five barons and baronesses, 17 knights, 65 squires, 174 valets and at least 1,200 other attendants, including yeomen and sumptermen. < as lemmas |
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