单词 | wardrober |
释义 | wardrobern. 1. A person in charge of maintaining and supplying the clothing, furnishings, etc., for a household, esp. that of a monarch, noble, bishop, or other wealthy or important person; esp. an official in charge of, or employed in, the royal wardrobe. Cf. wardrobe n. 3. Also figurative. Now historical or archaic.In quot. 1526 applied to the tailor attached to a religious house. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > in charge of clothes wardrober?a1439 Master of the Robes1552 Master of the Wardrobe1597 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ix. l. 2886 Be processe he was maad wardropeer. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 481 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 315 Þo vsshere schalle bydde þo wardropere Make redy for alle nyȝt be-fore þe fere. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. 2877 Þe siluir to þe wardropar He gaf. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 236 The wardraipper of Wenus boure, To giff a doublett he is als doure As it war off an futt syd frog. 1526 Visitation Bp. Nicke in A. Jessopp Visitations Diocese of Norwich (1888) 200 Uxor scissoris videlicet the wardroper's wiff. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 276 The King buskit him sone, with scant of Squyary. Wachis and Wardroparis all war away. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. viii. 275 One who had well lick'd his fingers under Queen Margaret (whose Wardroper he was). 1684 in Bk. of Rec. & Other Documents Relating to Glamis Castle (1890) 87 My wyfe having made this present time the terme to one Isobell Atkinson her wardroper. 1770 Archaeologia 1 378 Many of these articles, which relate to Lord Edward and his Hengemen, are charged in the Wardrober's general account of receipts and deliveries. 1825 R. Brooke Observ. Battle Stoke Field 8 The coronation roll of King Richard III, in which are items for robes, &c. for King Edward V..is only a wardrobe account of Piers Curteys, the king's wardrober. 1878 J. Gairdner Hist. Life Richard III iv. 129 An indenture dated the 27th of June in the first year of Richard III, in which Peter Curteys, the king's wardrober, undertakes to furnish..the articles specified for the coronation. 1927 H. Norris Costume & Fashion II. vi. 382 All peers and members of the royal household received these materials at the expense of the royal wardrober. 1957 L. E. Pearson Elizabethans at Home vi. 444 He always told the wardrober when to make ready for his master's retiring, and he saw that the nightgown was brought out. 2015 T. F. Mayer Rom. Inquisition: Trying Galileo v. 141 Vittrici was the son of one of Filippo Neri's leading penitents, wardrober of Gregory XIII. 2. Originally and chiefly U.S. A person in charge of maintaining and supplying costumes for a theatre, film studio, etc. Now also: a stylist (stylist n. Additions). ΚΠ 1935 Alpha Phi Q. Mar. 118/2 The other man, a wardrober, was busy at books on French peasant costumes. 1964 Washington Post 28 Feb. c4/1 There have been a lot of changes in circus life during the last 46 years, says Jean Carson, women's wardrober for the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. 1999 Los Angeles Mag. Sept. 112/3 The..shop had so many stylists and wardrobers clamoring for clothes that the store had to start a studio services program. 2008 D. Sheward Rage & Glory 225 Scott would give personal instructions not only to the cameramen, but also to the set dresser, wardrober, hairdresser, makeup people, prop man, and stunt drivers. 2011 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 20 Aug. (Weekend Post section) 5 Stylists are sometimes known as dressers or wardrobers, and their job is to coordinate their clients' outfits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1439 |
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