α. See town n. and officer n.
β. Scottish 1700s town's officer, 1900s– toon's officer.
| 单词 | town officer | 
| 释义 | town officern.α. See town n. and officer n. β. Scottish 1700s town's officer, 1900s– toon's officer.  1.  An official employed by a town. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > other municipal officials > 			[noun]		 sergeant1423 town officer1523 dozener1558 varlet1601 culler1663 rhingylla1722 wardman1792 town father1847 presidente1851 1523    in  W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. 		(1880)	 37  				Imprisonment, excommunication, or banishment of the Towne officers or other freemen thereof. 1583    G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. 239  				Let all towne officers consider this, and become parents not spoilers of the towne. 1649    G. Langbaine Answer Vniv. Oxford 31  				The Petitioners have proposed.., That the Towne Officer may have as much power over us, as the Vniversity Officers over them. 1737    Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia 		(ed. 33)	  ii. 84  				Chief Examiner of Town-Officers Books for London Brewery. 1810    Encycl. Londinensis II. 853/2  				In Beeralston is a large tree, under which the court is held for choosing the portreeve, town-officers, and members of parliament. 1884    Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Feb. 322/1  				He is very hard..upon the plumbers, and advocates..their supervision by a competent town officer. 1934    Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 2 349  				In the Dharma Sūtras the designations of the village and the town officers are not mentioned. 2006    A. R. DeWindt  & E. B. DeWindt Ramsey ix. 226  				The brewing trade was once again open to relatives of town officers.  2.  In Scotland: an officer of the town guard (town guard n. at town n. Compounds 1b), responsible for keeping public order. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > 			[noun]		 grithsergeant1293 Officer of the Lawc1380 peace officer1649 town officer1667 constable?c1682 myrmidon1699 limb of the law1730 ossifer1819 eirenarch1867 Keystone1929 lawman1959 1667    in  P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. 		(1909)	 3rd Ser. II. 280  				The toune officers..to take them to the comoine gyoall or tolbuith. 1704    in  J. D. Marwick  & R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow 		(1908)	 IV. 388  				They are ordinarily warned by the toun officers to weapon shawing. 1721    R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. I.  ii. v. 322  				He sent the Town-officers to seize them. 1787    Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 829/1  				The magistrates met, and sent the town officers to seize the perpetrators. 1864    A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock 		(ed. 3)	 xix. 207  				About seven thousand..formed into procession, and headed by Mr Paton, town-officer, on a gallant charger, marched through the principal streets. 2009    D. Skelton Glasgow's Black Heart i. 25  				Its police force..was not deemed worthy to investigate a crime of such magnitude. That was left to the city's procurator fiscal, Edinburgh town officers and London's Bow Street Runners.  3.  Originally North American (U.S. in later use). Esp. in New England: an elected officer of a township (township n. 4). Cf. selectman n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > local government body > 			[noun]		 > member of local government council > town-councillor > in New England townsman1634 selectman1646 town officer1685 1685    Bk. Gen. Laws New-Plimouth 		(rev. ed.)	 xv. 59 		(margin)	  				Choice of Town-officers. 1774    Middlesex Jrnl. 16 Aug.  				Provision is also made to prevent our meeting together in our corporate capacity as a town, unless it be..for the election of town officers. a1817    T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. 		(1821)	 I. 243  				On the refusal, death, or removal, of a Town-Officer, a meeting is to be holden for..choosing another. 1898    Wisconsin State Reg. 9 Apr. 1/7  				At the town meeting held Tuesday there were 162 votes cast for town officers. 1913    Boys' Life June 39/1  				Town officers usually consist of a Mayor or Supervisor, a number of Selectmen, [etc.] 1975    Sun 		(Lowell, Mass.)	 31 Dec. 15/4  				He plans to run for re-election in 1976. He has been a selectmen [sic] for 24 years as of Feb. 1, and a town officer for 25 years in all. 2010    P. Miller Smart Swarm ii. 98  				For certain kinds of votes, such as the election of town officers, that might work just fine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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