weeksmann.

Brit.

/ˈwiːksmən/, U.S.

/ˈwiksmən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: week n., man n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive of week n. + man n.¹ Compare earlier hebdomadary n.

Now historical and rare.

An official who works in rotation with one or more others, each one performing the relevant duties for a week at a time.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > one who holds office for fixed term > whose term of office is a week

weeksman1526

1526 Will W. Fetyplace in J. Nichols Coll. Hist. Berks. (1783) 78 That the chaplain who shall be weeks-man shall, every Lord's-day for ever,..make public mention of the names of the said founder and of Elizabeth his wife.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Ebdomadarius..the Ebdomary or Weeks-man, an Officer in Cathedral Churches.

1852 Daily News 9 Nov. 6/5 One of their body took upon himself in rotation the office of ‘weeksman’, and it was his duty to attend and allot the boats as they arrived at the pier, one to each deputy meter.

1855 T. Hare Rep. Cases Chancery 10 298 A list was kept, and each of the eighteen [oyster] meters in rotation took upon himself the duties of ‘weeksman’, whose office it was to allot the boats to each of the meters in his turn.

1911 G. R. Woodward Golden Lays 108 While thus it went with Troilus, There came th' Hebdómadárius, The Weeksman, or the Septaneer, The Reader of the Aumonere.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	weeksman
释义	weeksmann. Brit. /ˈwiːksmən/, U.S. /ˈwiksmən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: week n., man n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive of week n. + man n.¹ Compare earlier hebdomadary n. Now historical and rare. An official who works in rotation with one or more others, each one performing the relevant duties for a week at a time. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > one who holds office for fixed term > whose term of office is a week weeksman1526 1526 Will W. Fetyplace in J. Nichols Coll. Hist. Berks. (1783) 78 That the chaplain who shall be weeks-man shall, every Lord's-day for ever,..make public mention of the names of the said founder and of Elizabeth his wife. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Ebdomadarius..the Ebdomary or Weeks-man, an Officer in Cathedral Churches. 1852 Daily News 9 Nov. 6/5 One of their body took upon himself in rotation the office of ‘weeksman’, and it was his duty to attend and allot the boats as they arrived at the pier, one to each deputy meter. 1855 T. Hare Rep. Cases Chancery 10 298 A list was kept, and each of the eighteen [oyster] meters in rotation took upon himself the duties of ‘weeksman’, whose office it was to allot the boats to each of the meters in his turn. 1911 G. R. Woodward Golden Lays 108 While thus it went with Troilus, There came th' Hebdómadárius, The Weeksman, or the Septaneer, The Reader of the Aumonere. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1526
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