| 单词 | wagon-master |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswagon-master wagon-master n. a person who has charge of one or more wagons; spec. (Military) an officer commanding the wagon-train. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > wagon-master carriage master1570 wagon-master1645 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of wagon > man in charge of wagons freighter1852 wagon-master1861 wagon boss1873 1645 in Papers rel. Army Solemn League & Cov. (S.H.S.) II. 502 Waggonmrs of the Army. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 163/2 Wagonmaster generall 10 s. per diem. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 164/1 The Waggon maister 5 s. Waggoners each 2 s. 1757 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 492 The commissary used to act as wagon-master. 1775 Jrnls. Continental Congr. 3 329 There is due to Robert Erwin, waggon master, the sum of 169 pounds. 1847 in W. H. Emory Notes Mil. Reconnaissance 546 Our successful passage over was entirely due to the perseverance and good management of the wagon-master. 1861 U.S. Army Regul. 149 No wagon-master or forage-master shall be interested..in any wagon or other means of transport employed by the United States. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 17 June 1- c/5 Actor John MacIntire, known as wagonmaster on the television program, ‘Wagon Train’. < as lemmas |
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