单词 | whitecoat |
释义 | whitecoatn. 1. A person whose uniform includes or is distinguished by a white coat. a. An English soldier; (in later use) spec. a royalist soldier serving under the Marquess of Newcastle during the English Civil War. Cf. redcoat n. 1a. Now historical.Newcastle's whitecoats were renowned for having fought bravely at the Battle of Marston Moor.In quot. 1562 with connotations of inexperience. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier wearing specific dress > [noun] brigander1525 whitecoata1538 blue cap1598 green-coat1600 redcoatc1605 blue bonnet1637 greycoat1642 blackguard1745 red-jacket1828 busby-bag1868 red-clout1895 scarlet1896 khaki1899 a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 120v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Quhit-cote The skaith done on the borduris be the Inglis men of the borduris & the quhit cotis. 1554 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebellion f. 27 A certain bande of whitecotes..sent vnto them from London. 1562 J. Mountgomery in Archaeologia (1883) 47 221 Yt apeareth a greate differens..betwene the excercised souldior and the rawe white coat. a1605 R. Bannatyne Memorials Trans. Scotl. (1836) 91 Thare began flyting,..‘Away blewcoate!’ ‘I defy the whytcoite!’ 1662 A. Cooper Στρατολογια vi. 115 In the main battail do our white Coats stand. 1769 J. Wallis Nat. Hist. Northumberland II. ii. 331 Their regimentals were white, which made them to be called, White-Coats. 1840 H. Smith Oliver Cromwell II. 159 Newcastle with all his whitecoats. 1899 J. W. Fortescue Hist. Brit. Army I. ii. ii. 111 White as a colour of the Tudors now became so general that for a time ‘white coat’ was used as a synonym of soldier. 1983 R. M. Adams Land & Lit. Eng. viii. 217 The earl of Newcastle's ‘White Coats’ held the royalist center. 2000 Eng. Hist. Rev. 115 859 None fought more bravely than Newcastle's white-coats at Marston Moor. b. An Austrian soldier. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > Austrian whitecoat1825 1825 T. A. Boswell Jrnl. Exile I. 92 I hope soon to be chasing the Austrian white coats among the Bohemian mountains. 1861 G. Meredith Let. 19 Nov. (1970) I. 113 Verona..is now less a city than a fortress. You see nothing but white coats—who form 2/3 of the inhabitants. 1919 Century Mar. 667/1 At first the Italians enjoyed a little success, but they were ill united, and the White Coats were too strong. 1995 J. R. Arnold Napoleon conquers Austria vii. 126 A brief combat ensued and the white-coats fled, leaving behind 100 prisoners. c. A doctor or hospital attendant. Cf. men in white coats n. at man n.1 Phrases 3d. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] physician?c1225 leecherc1374 practiserc1387 doctora1400 flesh-leecha1400 leechman14.. mediciner?a1425 miria1425 M.D.1425 medicine?c1450 practitioner?1543 minister1559 doc1563 artist1565 medicus1570 medicianera1578 Aesculapius1586 Dra1593 pisspot1592 medician1597 physicianer1598 medicinary1599 pisspot1600 velvet-cap1602 healer1611 Galena1616 physiner1616 clyster1621 clyster-pipe1622 hakim1623 medic1625 practicant1630 medico1647 physicker1649 physicster1689 Aesculapian1694 nim-gimmer1699 pill-monger1706 medical man1784 meester1812 medical1823 pill-gilder1824 therapeutist1830 pill1835 pill roller1843 med1851 pill-peddler1855 therapeutic1858 squirt1859 medicine man1866 pill pusher1879 therapist1886 doser1888 internist1894 pill-shooter1911 whitecoat1911 quack1919 vet1925 the world > health and disease > healing > healer > non-medical worker > [noun] > hospital attendant wardsman1896 porter1907 whitecoat1911 sanitar1916 ward orderly1946 ward aide1965 1911 ‘P. Harding’ Corner of Harley Street xxx. 260 So white-coat gives him a swiftly helping hand, and within five minutes is removing a decayed semitic molar that has been giving its owner schmerz indescribable. 1932 ‘Ex-Convict No. ——’ Dartmoor from Within vi. 134 He makes straight for the tub, and ‘White Coat’ alters his course to cut him off. 1980 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 Mar. 934/2 We roar into the hospital. White coats run out. 1999 in D. Bolger Ladies' Night at Finbar's (2000) 53 Their mother would say to the white coats, ‘Ah, sure now, what's the rush—couldn't ye hang on a small while?’ 2002 J. Mercurio Bodies (2003) 18 I don't ask anyone the way. I'm a white coat now. 2. A young seal which has its first coat of white fur. Also: the fur itself. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > seal > young seal calf?c1450 whitecoat1792 turner1891 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > seal > young > fur of whitecoat1892 1792 G. Cartwright Jrnl. Resid. Coast Labrador III. Gloss. p. x Whitecoat, a young seal, before it has cast its first coat, which is white and furry. 1874 Nature 6 Aug. 266/1 The ‘Harps’ [seals] are distinguished by the sealers as ‘White Coats’ when they are young. 1892 Daily News 28 Mar. 6/2 The skin of the small pup seal..is of small value, being known as ‘White~coat’. 1957 J. Schull in V. Suthren Canad. Stories of Sea (1993) 108 The sealers..went north each year to find the packs of the ‘Whitecoats’ and slaughter them for their oil. 1994 Guardian 5 Mar. 27/7 Glowing at the fulfilment of a dream to see a two-day-old whitecoat harp seal and gaze into its innocent black eyes. 2004 National Geographic Mar. 55/1 The European Economic Community..banned the importation of whitecoat pelts. Compounds C1. General attributive, esp. in sense 1a. ΚΠ 1605 T. Heywood If you know not Me sig. C2 Enter three white-cote souldiers. 1718 J. Hardesty Militia Law 82 The Money called Trophy, or White Coat Money..shall forthwith be paid to the Treasurer of the Militia. 1859 Athenæum 10 Dec. 776/3 ‘The country house’ in which the ex-Grand-Duke quartered his white-coat friends. 1906 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 566/1 The steady roll of wave..has marched miles between the river banks like a white-coat army. C2. white coat hypertension n. artefactual elevation of blood pressure occurring in response to its measurement by a doctor or other health care professional. ΚΠ 1981 New Mexican (Santa Fe) 14 Jan. Otra clase de alta presión es la que se llama en inglés, ‘the White Coat Hypertension’. 1985 Clin. & Exper. Hypertension A. 7 258 This pressor effect of a doctor, often referred to as ‘white coat hypertension’, was most dramatically illustrated in a recent study..which found that the mere presence of a doctor at a patient's bedside induced an immediate increase of BP of 27/15 mmHg. 2002 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 4 Mar. 14/4 The doctor says I have ‘white coat hypertension’. white coat syndrome n. (a) the wearing of a white coat as a symbol of professional status, esp. in medicine or science (cf. sense 1c); (also) the (excessive) attribution of authority to a person wearing such a coat or to science itself (now rare); (b) anxiety occurring in response to an encounter with a health care professional, esp. when this causes raised blood pressure (cf. white coat hypertension n.). ΚΠ 1966 Muscatine (Iowa) Jrnl. 26 Apr. 4/1 The agency spokesman who seeks funds for research is certain to get all he asks for... This is partly a consequence of the white coat syndrome. 1976 Herald (Wheeling, Illinois) 7 Apr. 5/6 Until then, he'll be interrupting his sleep for the benefit of pet owners who want an alternative to the white-coat syndrome. 1986 Hypertension & Elderly (U.S. Congress House Select Comm. Aging) 49 Many persons with elevated blood pressures in the [doctor's] office may have normal blood pressures outside of the office visit... Now I guess that this is what physicians refer to as the white coat syndrome. 1994 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 17 Nov. e8/3 ‘White coat syndrome’—fear of doctors—is common. With such patients, the doctor expects a rise in pressure, but how then to get a true reading? 2011 Independent 24 Aug. 11/3 Many patients suffer from ‘white coat syndrome’—their blood pressure rises because of anxiety. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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