单词 | surveillant |
释义 | surveillantn. One who exercises surveillance; a person who keeps watch over another or others; a superintendent, e.g. of a prison. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent architector1461 earl1483 overlookera1513 superior1554 superintender1573 superintendent1603 surintendent1645 epistates1651 intendant1652 referee1705 supercargo1713 surveillant1819 super1849 supe1908 1819 B. E. O'Meara Expos. Trans. St. Helena 76 Lieutenant Jackson of the Staff corps, who had been previously employed as the surveillant of General Gourgand. 1837 T. De Quincey Revolt of Tartars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 98/1 His mixed character of ambassador and of political surveillant..gave him a real weight in the Tartar councils. 1901 Daily Express 18 Mar. 7/1 I got through the day..yarning with the surveillants and the convicts. 1905 A. M. Williamson Castle of Shadows vii. 161 White-clad surveillants with revolvers on their hips. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). surveillantadj. rare. Exercising surveillance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > [adjective] > exercising surveillance overseeing1644 surveillant1841 monitorial1856 1841 Fraser's Mag. 24 29 At Whiggery's kibes sneaks the surveillant tail-er. 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1819adj.1841 |
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