单词 | underkeeper |
释义 | underkeepern. 1. An assistant keeper of a forest, park, etc.; an under-gamekeeper. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > gamekeeping > [noun] > gamekeeper warrener1297 ranger1327 walker1482 underkeeper1502 browser1538 tineman1577 waterkeeper1590 gamekeeper1645 rider1647 preserver1749 garde champêtre1814 field ranger1835 warden1835 velveteens1857 keeper1863 game warden1876 pisteur1936 the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > forester > officer in charge of forest > assistant underkeeper1502 under-rangerc1689 1502 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 29 To the undrekeper of Swalowfeld for the bringing of iij bukkes. 1589 in Essex Rev. (1906) XV. 65 [Another deer was] given away by the underkeeper to his freends. 1622 Ld. E. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 257 The Forest of Rockingham..where Sir Francis Fane is under-keeper. c1689 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 58 Henry Lowin, underkeeper of New Lodge Walk within Waltham Forrest. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. viii. 217 The horses are at the under-keeper's hut. 1891 C. T. C. James Romantic Rigmarole 172 One of the under-keepers carried a little bamboo arrangement. 2. A subordinate custodian or warder. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > guardian or custodian > subsidiary under-warden1487 under-guardian1531 underkeeper1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sotto custode, an vnder-keeper. 1612 Sir T. Bodley in Macray Ann. Bodleian (1880) 408 Ye keeper of the vniversitie Library, with his vnderkeeper. 1637 Privy Council Reg. in S. Gardiner Documents Proc. against W. Prynne (1877) 69 The Keeper or Under-Keeper of the Castle of Lancaster. 1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 37 He waited till the Under-keeper [of the jail] came in. 1710 Douglas' Æneis Pref. Under-Keeper of the Advocates Library. 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 238 Sir, said the under keeper [of the jail], there are few men now at liberty wealthier than this Gentleman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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