bribern.

Brit.

/ˈbrʌɪbə/, U.S.

/ˈbraɪbər/

Forms:

α. Middle English briboure, Middle English bribowre, Middle English bribur, Middle English bryboure, Middle English brybowre, Middle English brybur, Middle English–1500s bribour, Middle English–1600s brybour, late Middle English brybore, late Middle English (in a late copy)–1500s brybor, 1500s briebor, 1500s–1600s bribor.

β. Middle English–1500s bryber, Middle English– briber, 1500s bribar, 1500s brybare, 1500s–1600s brybar.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French bribour ; bribe v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably partly (i) < Anglo-Norman bribour and Middle French bribeur beggar, vagrant (14th cent. or earlier) < bribe bribe n. + -our -our suffix, and partly (ii) < bribe v. + -er suffix¹. Compare bribery n.

†1. A person who takes things dishonestly or steals; a thief; an extortionist. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun]

thief688

bribera1387

stealer1508

taker?a1513

goodfellow1566

snatcher1575

lift1591

liftera1592

larcin1596

Tartar1602

lime-twig1606

outparter1607

Tartarian1608

flick1610

puggard1611

gilt1620

nim1630

highwayman1652

cloyer1659

out-trader1660

Robin Goodfellow1680

birdlime1705

gyp1728

filch1775

kiddy1780

snaveller1781

larcenist1803

pincher1814

geach1821

wharf-rat1823

toucher1837

larcener1839

snammer1839

drummer1856

gun1857

forker1867

gunsmith1869

nabber1880

thiever1899

tea-leaf1903

gun moll1908

nicker1909

knocker-off1926

possum1945

scuffler1961

rip-off1969

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > blackmail > one who blackmails

bribera1387

blackmailer1833

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 147 So þese briboures were i-made men of þe lond [L. de prædonibus accolæ effecti].

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xx. l. 260 Alle other in bataille ben yholde bribours [C text c1400 Huntington HM 137 brybours], Pilours and pykehernois in eche a place ycursed.

1461 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 520 To lette brybours that wold a robbed a ship vndyr colour of my lord of Warwyk.

1548 T. Cranmer Catechismus sig. Niv^v Extorcioners, brybers pollers & piellers, deuourers of widowes houses.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 209/2 By inward theues and bribers.

†2. An unprincipled, disreputable, or dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel. Frequently as a term of contempt. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun]

harlot?c1225

truantc1290

shreward1297

boyc1300

lidderon13..

cokinc1330

pautenerc1330

bribera1387

bricouna1400

losarda1400

rascal?a1400

custronc1400

knapea1450

sloven?a1475

limmerc1485

knavatec1506

smaik?1507

smy?1507

koken?a1513

swinger1513

Cock Lorel?1518

pedlar's French1530

varletc1540

losthope?c1550

makeshift1554

wild rogue1567

miligant1568

rogue1568

crack-halter1573

rascallion1582

schelm1584

scoundrel1589

scaba1592

bezonian1592

slave1592

rampallion1593

Scanderbeg1601

roly-poly1602

canter1608

cantler1611

gue1612

fraudsman1613

Cathayana1616

crack-hempa1616

foiterer1616

tilt1620

picaro1622

picaroon1629

sheepmanc1640

rapscallion1648

scaramouch1677

fripon1691

trickster1711

shake-bag1794

sinner1809

cad1838

badmash1843

scattermouch1892

jazzbo1914

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal

harlot?c1225

knavec1275

truantc1290

shreward1297

boinarda1300

boyc1300

lidderon13..

cokinc1330

pautenerc1330

bribera1387

bricouna1400

losarda1400

rascal?a1400

knapea1450

lotterela1450

limmerc1485

Tutivillus1498

knavatec1506

smy?1507

koken?a1513

swinger1513

Cock Lorel?1518

pedlar's French1530

cust1535

rabiator1535

varletc1540

Jack1548

kern1556

wild rogue1567

miligant1568

rogue1568

tutiviller1568

rascallion1582

schelm1584

scoundrel1589

rampallion1593

Scanderbeg1601

scroyle1602

canter1608

cantler1611

skelm1611

gue1612

Cathayana1616

foiterer1616

tilt1620

picaro1622

picaroon1629

sheepmanc1640

rapscallion1648

marrow1656

Algerine1671

scaramouch1677

fripon1691

shake-bag1794

badling1825

tiger1827

two-for-his-heels1837

ral1846

skeezicks1850

nut1882

gun1890

scattermouch1892

tug1896

natkhat1901

jazzbo1914

scutter1940

bar steward1945

hoor1965

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 313 Gentil men, for to haue dyuersite and distinccioun from suche briboures, made hem rynges of gold.

a1450 York Plays (1885) 226 Say, bittilbrowed bribour..Þou arte combered in curstnesse.

?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 173 (MED) If any brybour do bragge or blowe a-ȝens my bost.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lii Ye bablynge brybours, endeuer you to amende.

1558 D. Lindsay Deploratioun Deyth Quene Magdalene sig. F4 in Dialog Experience & Courteour (new ed.) The potent Prince..Contrar yat bailfull bribour [sc. death] had no mycht.

†3. A person who wanders from place to place, maintaining themselves by begging, or by other means regarded as dishonest or disreputable; a vagrant, a tramp; an itinerant beggar. Obsolete.The exact meaning in quot. a1599 is unclear; it may represent a different sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp

harlot?c1225

raikera1400

vacabond1404

vagrant1444

gangrela1450

briber?c1475

palliard1484

vagabondc1485

rogue1489

wavenger1493

hermit1495

gaberlunzie1508

knight of the field1508

loiterer1530

straggler1530

runagate1534

ruffler1535

hedge-creeper1548

Abraham man1567

cursitor1567

runner1567

walker1567

tinker1575

traveller1598

Tartar1602

stravagant1606

wagand1614

Circumcellion1623

meechera1625

hedge-bird1631

gaberlunzie man1649

tramp1664

stroller1681

jockey1685

bird of passage1717

randy1724

tramper1760

stalko1804

vagabondager1813

rintherout1814

piker1838

pikey1838

beachcomber1840

roadster1851

vagabondizer1860

roustabout1862

bum1864

migratory1866

potter1867

sundowner1868

vag1868

walkabout1872

transient1877

Murrumbidgee whaler1878

rouster1882

run-the-hedge1882

whaler1883

shaughraun1884

heather-cat1886

hobo1889

tussocker1889

gay cat1893

overlander1898

stake-man1899

stiff1899

bindle-stiff1900

dingbat1902

stew-bum1902

tired Tim (also Timothy)1906

skipper1925

Strandlooper1927

knight of the road1928

hobohemian1936

plain turkey1955

scrub turkey1955

derro1963

jakey1988

crusty1990

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 18^v (MED) A brybur, circumforanus..sicofanta.

a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 201 Iersche brybour baird, wyle beggar with thy brattis.

a1599 R. Scot Epit. in Coll. Hist. Pieces v. 30 in F. Peck Mem. Life & Actions O. Cromwell (1740) He made his porter shut his gates To sycophants & briebors.

†4. A judge or other official who corruptly demands payments or other inducements in return for favourable treatment; a person who solicits or accepts bribes. Cf. bribee n., bribe-taker n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > one who can be bribed

ambidexter1451

briber1520

bribe-taker1549

money-takerc1616

chopping-takera1670

bribee1776

bribable1852

squarable1898

1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. D.j^v He is a bryber, or a taker of brybes [L. is est largitionis capax].

1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 426 Haue wee neuer suffered these handes to feele the weight of a bribers gift to drawe vs to oppression?

a1653 Z. Boyd Sel. Serm. (1989) iii. 63 If magistrates be bribers, proude or carelesse, their places of honour, sicke of their pride, shall spewe them out.

1721 London Jrnl. 24 Mar. 1/1 How many of your high Bribers have you found refusing to reimburse themselves by a good Place or Pension, when they had the Offer; or opposing a wicked Question that affected your Property?

†5. Probably: something given in exchange or as the price paid (for something). Obsolete.Probably punning on uses as an agent noun; perhaps implying earlier currency of sense 6.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe

gift1382

handy-dandyc1390

pricec1400

bud1436

bribe?a1439

golden (also silver) keyc1450

fee1549

golden shower1589

oil of angels1592

sugar-plum1608

bribera1616

palm oil1625

greasinga1661

sop1665

sweetbreada1670

vail1687

douceur1739

sweetener1741

bonus1759

buckshee1773

smear-gelt1785

grease1823

boodle?1856

soap1860

ice1887

palm-grease1897

poultice1902

fix1929

dropsy1930

pay-off1930

drop1931

oil1935

squeeze-pidgin1946

sling1948

bung1958

back-hander1960

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. vi. 60 His seruice done at Lacedemon, and Bizantium, Were a sufficient briber for his life.

6. A person (or thing personified) who gives, offers, or promises a bribe.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > one who bribes

meeder1556

bribe-monger1563

suborner1577

briber1679

bribe broker1787

corrupter1821

boodler1885

tipster1889

nobbler1982

1679 R. South Serm. Several Occasions 288 Affection is still a Briber of the Judgement.

1726 Weekly Jrnl. 3 Dec. Mrs. Takeall who was her Lady's Confident..insinuated into her Lady's Head Abundance of Praises in Favour of her Briber.

1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens II. 246 Themistocles the most expert briber of his time.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 116 Bribery is a misdemeanor, punishable..in the briber and person bribed.

1904 Railway Conductor Jan. 34/1 Without a briber there can be no bribed.

1960 I. Wallach Absence of Cello (1965) 6 A genial conniver, an experienced briber, and a gifted corner-cutter.

2018 South China Morning Post (Nexis) 14 Mar. 5 The proposed law would allow for the detention of both bribers and bribe-takers at the same time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	briber
释义	bribern. Brit. /ˈbrʌɪbə/, U.S. /ˈbraɪbər/ Forms: α. Middle English briboure, Middle English bribowre, Middle English bribur, Middle English bryboure, Middle English brybowre, Middle English brybur, Middle English–1500s bribour, Middle English–1600s brybour, late Middle English brybore, late Middle English (in a late copy)–1500s brybor, 1500s briebor, 1500s–1600s bribor. β. Middle English–1500s bryber, Middle English– briber, 1500s bribar, 1500s brybare, 1500s–1600s brybar. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French bribour ; bribe v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: Probably partly (i) < Anglo-Norman bribour and Middle French bribeur beggar, vagrant (14th cent. or earlier) < bribe bribe n. + -our -our suffix, and partly (ii) < bribe v. + -er suffix¹. Compare bribery n. †1. A person who takes things dishonestly or steals; a thief; an extortionist. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] thief688 bribera1387 stealer1508 taker?a1513 goodfellow1566 snatcher1575 lift1591 liftera1592 larcin1596 Tartar1602 lime-twig1606 outparter1607 Tartarian1608 flick1610 puggard1611 gilt1620 nim1630 highwayman1652 cloyer1659 out-trader1660 Robin Goodfellow1680 birdlime1705 gyp1728 filch1775 kiddy1780 snaveller1781 larcenist1803 pincher1814 geach1821 wharf-rat1823 toucher1837 larcener1839 snammer1839 drummer1856 gun1857 forker1867 gunsmith1869 nabber1880 thiever1899 tea-leaf1903 gun moll1908 nicker1909 knocker-off1926 possum1945 scuffler1961 rip-off1969 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > blackmail > one who blackmails bribera1387 blackmailer1833 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 147 So þese briboures were i-made men of þe lond [L. de prædonibus accolæ effecti]. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xx. l. 260 Alle other in bataille ben yholde bribours [C text c1400 Huntington HM 137 brybours], Pilours and pykehernois in eche a place ycursed. 1461 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 520 To lette brybours that wold a robbed a ship vndyr colour of my lord of Warwyk. 1548 T. Cranmer Catechismus sig. Niv^v Extorcioners, brybers pollers & piellers, deuourers of widowes houses. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 209/2 By inward theues and bribers. †2. An unprincipled, disreputable, or dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel. Frequently as a term of contempt. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] harlot?c1225 truantc1290 shreward1297 boyc1300 lidderon13.. cokinc1330 pautenerc1330 bribera1387 bricouna1400 losarda1400 rascal?a1400 custronc1400 knapea1450 sloven?a1475 limmerc1485 knavatec1506 smaik?1507 smy?1507 koken?a1513 swinger1513 Cock Lorel?1518 pedlar's French1530 varletc1540 losthope?c1550 makeshift1554 wild rogue1567 miligant1568 rogue1568 crack-halter1573 rascallion1582 schelm1584 scoundrel1589 scaba1592 bezonian1592 slave1592 rampallion1593 Scanderbeg1601 roly-poly1602 canter1608 cantler1611 gue1612 fraudsman1613 Cathayana1616 crack-hempa1616 foiterer1616 tilt1620 picaro1622 picaroon1629 sheepmanc1640 rapscallion1648 scaramouch1677 fripon1691 trickster1711 shake-bag1794 sinner1809 cad1838 badmash1843 scattermouch1892 jazzbo1914 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal harlot?c1225 knavec1275 truantc1290 shreward1297 boinarda1300 boyc1300 lidderon13.. cokinc1330 pautenerc1330 bribera1387 bricouna1400 losarda1400 rascal?a1400 knapea1450 lotterela1450 limmerc1485 Tutivillus1498 knavatec1506 smy?1507 koken?a1513 swinger1513 Cock Lorel?1518 pedlar's French1530 cust1535 rabiator1535 varletc1540 Jack1548 kern1556 wild rogue1567 miligant1568 rogue1568 tutiviller1568 rascallion1582 schelm1584 scoundrel1589 rampallion1593 Scanderbeg1601 scroyle1602 canter1608 cantler1611 skelm1611 gue1612 Cathayana1616 foiterer1616 tilt1620 picaro1622 picaroon1629 sheepmanc1640 rapscallion1648 marrow1656 Algerine1671 scaramouch1677 fripon1691 shake-bag1794 badling1825 tiger1827 two-for-his-heels1837 ral1846 skeezicks1850 nut1882 gun1890 scattermouch1892 tug1896 natkhat1901 jazzbo1914 scutter1940 bar steward1945 hoor1965 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 313 Gentil men, for to haue dyuersite and distinccioun from suche briboures, made hem rynges of gold. a1450 York Plays (1885) 226 Say, bittilbrowed bribour..Þou arte combered in curstnesse. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 173 (MED) If any brybour do bragge or blowe a-ȝens my bost. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lii Ye bablynge brybours, endeuer you to amende. 1558 D. Lindsay Deploratioun Deyth Quene Magdalene sig. F4 in Dialog Experience & Courteour (new ed.) The potent Prince..Contrar yat bailfull bribour [sc. death] had no mycht. †3. A person who wanders from place to place, maintaining themselves by begging, or by other means regarded as dishonest or disreputable; a vagrant, a tramp; an itinerant beggar. Obsolete.The exact meaning in quot. a1599 is unclear; it may represent a different sense. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp harlot?c1225 raikera1400 vacabond1404 vagrant1444 gangrela1450 briber?c1475 palliard1484 vagabondc1485 rogue1489 wavenger1493 hermit1495 gaberlunzie1508 knight of the field1508 loiterer1530 straggler1530 runagate1534 ruffler1535 hedge-creeper1548 Abraham man1567 cursitor1567 runner1567 walker1567 tinker1575 traveller1598 Tartar1602 stravagant1606 wagand1614 Circumcellion1623 meechera1625 hedge-bird1631 gaberlunzie man1649 tramp1664 stroller1681 jockey1685 bird of passage1717 randy1724 tramper1760 stalko1804 vagabondager1813 rintherout1814 piker1838 pikey1838 beachcomber1840 roadster1851 vagabondizer1860 roustabout1862 bum1864 migratory1866 potter1867 sundowner1868 vag1868 walkabout1872 transient1877 Murrumbidgee whaler1878 rouster1882 run-the-hedge1882 whaler1883 shaughraun1884 heather-cat1886 hobo1889 tussocker1889 gay cat1893 overlander1898 stake-man1899 stiff1899 bindle-stiff1900 dingbat1902 stew-bum1902 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 skipper1925 Strandlooper1927 knight of the road1928 hobohemian1936 plain turkey1955 scrub turkey1955 derro1963 jakey1988 crusty1990 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 18^v (MED) A brybur, circumforanus..sicofanta. a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 201 Iersche brybour baird, wyle beggar with thy brattis. a1599 R. Scot Epit. in Coll. Hist. Pieces v. 30 in F. Peck Mem. Life & Actions O. Cromwell (1740) He made his porter shut his gates To sycophants & briebors. †4. A judge or other official who corruptly demands payments or other inducements in return for favourable treatment; a person who solicits or accepts bribes. Cf. bribee n., bribe-taker n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > one who can be bribed ambidexter1451 briber1520 bribe-taker1549 money-takerc1616 chopping-takera1670 bribee1776 bribable1852 squarable1898 1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. D.j^v He is a bryber, or a taker of brybes [L. is est largitionis capax]. 1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 426 Haue wee neuer suffered these handes to feele the weight of a bribers gift to drawe vs to oppression? a1653 Z. Boyd Sel. Serm. (1989) iii. 63 If magistrates be bribers, proude or carelesse, their places of honour, sicke of their pride, shall spewe them out. 1721 London Jrnl. 24 Mar. 1/1 How many of your high Bribers have you found refusing to reimburse themselves by a good Place or Pension, when they had the Offer; or opposing a wicked Question that affected your Property? †5. Probably: something given in exchange or as the price paid (for something). Obsolete.Probably punning on uses as an agent noun; perhaps implying earlier currency of sense 6. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe gift1382 handy-dandyc1390 pricec1400 bud1436 bribe?a1439 golden (also silver) keyc1450 fee1549 golden shower1589 oil of angels1592 sugar-plum1608 bribera1616 palm oil1625 greasinga1661 sop1665 sweetbreada1670 vail1687 douceur1739 sweetener1741 bonus1759 buckshee1773 smear-gelt1785 grease1823 boodle?1856 soap1860 ice1887 palm-grease1897 poultice1902 fix1929 dropsy1930 pay-off1930 drop1931 oil1935 squeeze-pidgin1946 sling1948 bung1958 back-hander1960 a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. vi. 60 His seruice done at Lacedemon, and Bizantium, Were a sufficient briber for his life. View more context for this quotation 6. A person (or thing personified) who gives, offers, or promises a bribe. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > one who bribes meeder1556 bribe-monger1563 suborner1577 briber1679 bribe broker1787 corrupter1821 boodler1885 tipster1889 nobbler1982 1679 R. South Serm. Several Occasions 288 Affection is still a Briber of the Judgement. 1726 Weekly Jrnl. 3 Dec. Mrs. Takeall who was her Lady's Confident..insinuated into her Lady's Head Abundance of Praises in Favour of her Briber. 1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens II. 246 Themistocles the most expert briber of his time. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 116 Bribery is a misdemeanor, punishable..in the briber and person bribed. 1904 Railway Conductor Jan. 34/1 Without a briber there can be no bribed. 1960 I. Wallach Absence of Cello (1965) 6 A genial conniver, an experienced briber, and a gifted corner-cutter. 2018 South China Morning Post (Nexis) 14 Mar. 5 The proposed law would allow for the detention of both bribers and bribe-takers at the same time. 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