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单词 waiting-man
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waiting-mann.

Brit. /ˈweɪtɪŋman/, U.S. /ˈweɪdɪŋˌmæn/
Etymology: waiting adj.
A male servant who waits or attends upon his employer or on an official. Obsolete exc. U.S.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun]
thanea700
yeoman1345
squirec1380
foot followera1382
handservanta1382
servitora1382
ministera1384
servera1425
squire of (or for) the body (or household)1450
attender1461
waitera1483
awaiter1495
tender?a1505
waiting-man1518
satellite?1520
attendant1555
sitter-byc1555
pediseque1606
asseclist?1607
tendant1614
assecle1616
fewterera1625
escudero1631
peon1638
wait1652
under spur-leather1685
body servant1689
slavey1819
tindal1859
maid-attendant1896
1518 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 155 Concernyng the waytyngmen, it is thought that the same fees cannot be mynysshid.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Waytyng man, assecla.
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 518/2 Anteambulo,..a waiting man, or he that goeth before his maister and mistresse, or conducteth them.
1776 Pennsylvania Evening Post 15 Feb. 82/2 An active young man..wants employment. He has served in the capacities of a waitingman, gardener, and groom.
1839 Southern Literary Messenger 5 752/1 The door of the bachelor's hall was assaulted by a repetition of raps, which quickened the steps of Mr. Singlesides' sedate waiting~man.
1884 G. W. Cable Dr. Sevier I. x. 73 The speaker ceased as the mulatto waiting-man appeared.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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