tide-waitern.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtide-ˌwaiter.

1. A customs officer who awaited the arrival of ships (formerly coming in with the tide), and boarded them to prevent evasion of the custom-house regulations. Now Historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > shipping dues > [noun] > collector of

waiter1473

custom house waiter1649

tidesman1667

tide-supervisor1684

tide-waiter1700

tide-surveyor1725

shark1785

custom house official1831

customs official1858

1700 G. Farquhar Constant Couple i. i. 2 These Tide-waiters and Surveyors plague us more with their French Wines, than the War did with the French Privateers.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xxxv. 247 That I shall get employment on the Keys, or as a tide-waiter extraordinary.

1806 in J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1812) ii. 127 The articles to be guarded from and to the ships, and an account to be taken of them by the Tide-waiters, under the special superintendence of the Tide-surveyors.

1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist xiii. 267 He was willing to be a police officer, a tidewaiter, or anything that would bring in a proper maintenance.

2. figurative. One who waits for a favourable season.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > expedience > [noun] > opportunist

time-waiter1833

tide-waiter1841

opportunist1873

1841 E. Miall in Nonconformist 1 249 The tide-waiters and time-servers of reform are evidently at a discount.

1901 Daily News 15 Feb. 6/5 Political tidewaiters, whose loyalty..may ultimately be reconciled with high salaried posts.

Derivatives

ˈtide-ˌwaitership n. the office of a tide-waiter.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > shipping dues > [noun] > collector of > office of

tide-waitership1854

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xi. 118 He would ask the minister for a tide-waitership for him.

1866 J. R. Lowell President on Stump in Prose Wks. (1890) V. 265 His own chance of reëlection, or that of some fourth cousin to a tidewaitership.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	tide-waiter
释义	tide-waitern. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtide-ˌwaiter. 1. A customs officer who awaited the arrival of ships (formerly coming in with the tide), and boarded them to prevent evasion of the custom-house regulations. Now Historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > shipping dues > [noun] > collector of waiter1473 custom house waiter1649 tidesman1667 tide-supervisor1684 tide-waiter1700 tide-surveyor1725 shark1785 custom house official1831 customs official1858 1700 G. Farquhar Constant Couple i. i. 2 These Tide-waiters and Surveyors plague us more with their French Wines, than the War did with the French Privateers. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xxxv. 247 That I shall get employment on the Keys, or as a tide-waiter extraordinary. 1806 in J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1812) ii. 127 The articles to be guarded from and to the ships, and an account to be taken of them by the Tide-waiters, under the special superintendence of the Tide-surveyors. 1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist xiii. 267 He was willing to be a police officer, a tidewaiter, or anything that would bring in a proper maintenance. 2. figurative. One who waits for a favourable season. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > expedience > [noun] > opportunist time-waiter1833 tide-waiter1841 opportunist1873 1841 E. Miall in Nonconformist 1 249 The tide-waiters and time-servers of reform are evidently at a discount. 1901 Daily News 15 Feb. 6/5 Political tidewaiters, whose loyalty..may ultimately be reconciled with high salaried posts. Derivatives ˈtide-ˌwaitership n. the office of a tide-waiter. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > shipping dues > [noun] > collector of > office of tide-waitership1854 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xi. 118 He would ask the minister for a tide-waitership for him. 1866 J. R. Lowell President on Stump in Prose Wks. (1890) V. 265 His own chance of reëlection, or that of some fourth cousin to a tidewaitership. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1700
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