单词 | vender |
释义 | vendern. 1. One who sells; a seller; sometimes in restricted sense, a street-seller. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] sellerc1200 utterer1542 vendor1594 venter1620 vendera1626 venditor1698 auctor1875 dispenser1881 a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1636) ii. 62 A deed of gift of goods..good against the Executors Admin, or Vender of the partie himselfe. 1681 Sc. Acts Parl. (1820) VIII. 243/2 Venders & dispersers of forbidden books. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 251. ¶5 Take care in particular that those may not make the most noise, who have the least to sell, which is very observable in the Venders of Card-matches. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 181. ⁋11 I inquired diligently at what office any prize had been sold, that I might purchase of a more propitious vender. 1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames iv. 193 Small Grocers, and venders of Smuggled Goods. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iv. 413 The Swiss reformer was engaged in combating the venders of indulgences. 1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music viii. 301 The melodious cries of venders in the noisy streets of large and populous towns. 2. One who advances or advocates an opinion, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [noun] > one who suggests > as matter for consideration putter forth1492 preferrer1536 proposer1566 raiser-up1580 broacher1587 mooter1799 vendera1817 a1817 T. Dwight Theol. (1818) I. ii. 27 Epicurus, the principal vender of this system. Derivatives ˈvenderess n. (also ˈvendress) a female seller. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > woman venderess1800 1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iii. 98 Vendress of ballads and the bundled match. 1862 M. B. Betham-Edwards John & I I. v. 96 A stout girl, venderess of course green earthenware from the town. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1626 |
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