Thomas Atkinsn.

Brit.

/ˌtɒməs ˈatkɪnz/, U.S.

/ˌtɑməs ˈætkɪnz/

Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper names Thomas, Atkins.

Etymology: < the male forename Thomas (see Thomas n.) + the surname Atkins.Early examples given here show Thomas Atkins used as the name of a fictitious private whose details appeared in the specimen forms in the official British Army regulations from 1815 until the early 20th cent. (compare quots. 1815¹, 1815², 1864, etc.). Although other names were used on some specimen forms (as e.g. John Thomas , William Jones : compare quot. 1815²), Thomas Atkins was used in the forms for privates in the Cavalry or Infantry, and was therefore the best known. Various historical individuals have been suggested as motivating the selection of this particular name for the purpose, including an infantryman Thomas Atkins captured by American forces at Yorktown in 1781 and a Private Thomas Atkins serving in the French Revolutionary Wars, whose noble death at the Battle of Boxtel in 1794 was observed by the future Duke of Wellington; however, the motivating factor may be that Thomas Atkins was considered a relatively common and unremarkable British working class name (compare similar use of e.g. John Smith); for further discussion see Oxf. Dict. National Biogr. at Thomas Atkins.

Now rare and chiefly with reference to the First World War (1914–18).

(A generic name for) a British private soldier; British private soldiers collectively; = Tommy Atkins n. Cf. Tommy n.¹ 3.

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1815 Collection of Orders, Regulations, &c. (War Office) 31 Aug. 75 (specimen form) Description, Service, &c. of Thomas Atkins, Private, No. 6 Troop, 6th Regt. of Dragoons. Where Born... Parish of Odiham, Hants... Bounty, £6. Received, Thomas Atkins, his x mark.

1815 Collection of Orders, Regulations, &c. (War Office) 31 Aug. 76 (specimen form) Clothing Account of Thomas Atkins, Private, No. 6 Troop, 6th Dragoons... Clothing Account of William Jones, Trumpeter, No. 2 Troop, 9th Light Dragoons... Clothing Account of John Thomas, Serjeant, No. 8 Troop, 15th Hussars.

1864 Standing Orders Royal Regiment Artillery 89 (specimen form) We certify that the above is a correct Statement of the Services of Thomas Atkins, to the 10th June 1887.

1871 Colburn's United Service Mag. July 326 The Thomas Atkins' as they join should be made to understand that good conduct is as requisite in the Service as in civil life.

1879 Every Boy's Ann. 341/2 Often, as I have gone through the troop-deck at dinner-time, have I pitied poor Thomas Atkins.

1890 Times 6 Dec. 12/4 Mr. Thomas Atkins..can break it [sc. a rifle] down in half-a-dozen ways in the course of his musketry instruction.

1916 Kemmel Times 3 July in Wipers Times: Compl. Series (2006) 101 Thomas Atkins with his famous song: Yes, sir! Yes, sir! Three bags full.

1978 Guardian 27 Nov. 12/7 The well-bred cries of the Hon. Thomas Atkinses that they cannot wait to have a piece of the action!

1988 N. Khan Women's Poetry of First World War iv. 69 This anecdote, illustrative of the wit credited to the Thomas Atkins of tradition, is notable also as illustrating the offhandedness which is deemed sufficient to quench female curiosity about the war.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thomas atkins
释义	Thomas Atkinsn. Brit. /ˌtɒməs ˈatkɪnz/, U.S. /ˌtɑməs ˈætkɪnz/ Origin: From proper names. Etymons: proper names Thomas, Atkins. Etymology: < the male forename Thomas (see Thomas n.) + the surname Atkins.Early examples given here show Thomas Atkins used as the name of a fictitious private whose details appeared in the specimen forms in the official British Army regulations from 1815 until the early 20th cent. (compare quots. 1815¹, 1815², 1864, etc.). Although other names were used on some specimen forms (as e.g. John Thomas , William Jones : compare quot. 1815²), Thomas Atkins was used in the forms for privates in the Cavalry or Infantry, and was therefore the best known. Various historical individuals have been suggested as motivating the selection of this particular name for the purpose, including an infantryman Thomas Atkins captured by American forces at Yorktown in 1781 and a Private Thomas Atkins serving in the French Revolutionary Wars, whose noble death at the Battle of Boxtel in 1794 was observed by the future Duke of Wellington; however, the motivating factor may be that Thomas Atkins was considered a relatively common and unremarkable British working class name (compare similar use of e.g. John Smith); for further discussion see Oxf. Dict. National Biogr. at Thomas Atkins. Now rare and chiefly with reference to the First World War (1914–18). (A generic name for) a British private soldier; British private soldiers collectively; = Tommy Atkins n. Cf. Tommy n.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > common soldier > [noun] > British Thomas Atkins1815 Tommy Atkins1850 Tommy1881 Thomas1888 Atkins1890 woodbine1918 1815 Collection of Orders, Regulations, &c. (War Office) 31 Aug. 75 (specimen form) Description, Service, &c. of Thomas Atkins, Private, No. 6 Troop, 6th Regt. of Dragoons. Where Born... Parish of Odiham, Hants... Bounty, £6. Received, Thomas Atkins, his x mark. 1815 Collection of Orders, Regulations, &c. (War Office) 31 Aug. 76 (specimen form) Clothing Account of Thomas Atkins, Private, No. 6 Troop, 6th Dragoons... Clothing Account of William Jones, Trumpeter, No. 2 Troop, 9th Light Dragoons... Clothing Account of John Thomas, Serjeant, No. 8 Troop, 15th Hussars. 1864 Standing Orders Royal Regiment Artillery 89 (specimen form) We certify that the above is a correct Statement of the Services of Thomas Atkins, to the 10th June 1887. 1871 Colburn's United Service Mag. July 326 The Thomas Atkins' as they join should be made to understand that good conduct is as requisite in the Service as in civil life. 1879 Every Boy's Ann. 341/2 Often, as I have gone through the troop-deck at dinner-time, have I pitied poor Thomas Atkins. 1890 Times 6 Dec. 12/4 Mr. Thomas Atkins..can break it [sc. a rifle] down in half-a-dozen ways in the course of his musketry instruction. 1916 Kemmel Times 3 July in Wipers Times: Compl. Series (2006) 101 Thomas Atkins with his famous song: Yes, sir! Yes, sir! Three bags full. 1978 Guardian 27 Nov. 12/7 The well-bred cries of the Hon. Thomas Atkinses that they cannot wait to have a piece of the action! 1988 N. Khan Women's Poetry of First World War iv. 69 This anecdote, illustrative of the wit credited to the Thomas Atkins of tradition, is notable also as illustrating the offhandedness which is deemed sufficient to quench female curiosity about the war. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1815
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