单词 | wielder |
释义 | wieldern.ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] waldendeOE prince?c1225 ordainerc1300 tyranta1340 prefecta1382 rulera1382 wieldera1382 corner of the people1382 lordshipperc1384 governora1393 moderatora1398 wieldinga1400 leader of lawsc1400 regent1415 governailc1440 dominatorc1450 reignera1464 regnanta1500 gubernator1522 despot1562 shepherd1577 swayer1598 Sophy1599 most mastera1616 Govr.1620 Gov.1630 archon1735 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. i. 3 The oxe kneȝ his weldere [L. possessorem], and the asse [the] cracche of his lord. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 129 Þe welder of wyt þat wot alle þynges. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 3166 (MED) Þe wildare [a1500 Trin. Dublin weldar] of grece Is wrawid & wrathfull. 1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) i. met. v. 44 O weldar, apeace the Roring floudes. 1600 N. Breton Melancholike Humours in Wks. (1879) I. 9/1 They, like the wielders of the world, command, and haue their will. 1882 A. C. Swinburne Tristram of Lyonesse 225 But now the princely wielder of his land [sc. Bismarck], For hatred's sake toward freedom, so bows down, No strength is in the foot to spurn. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > agent or person who causes causec1374 authora1382 workerc1384 causerc1386 begetterc1390 causac1420 workera1425 upraiserc1440 inspirerc1450 procurer1451 occasioner?c1452 procurator1486 purchaser1548 authorera1556 wielder1570 agent1571 effector1586 effecter1591 authoress1592 effectress1601 effectrix1611 performer1616 inducera1631 causeress1631 causatrix1649 father-in-law1650 pregnatress1651 matter1686 energizer1804 establisher1812 bringer1866 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xvii. 53 The veildars of yis greif. 3. a. A person who uses or handles a weapon, instrument, tool, etc., skilfully or effectively; (more generally) a person who holds and uses something.Often (esp. in later use) in periphrastic phrases used as an alternative to an agent noun, e.g. wielder of the baton: conductor (of music).Frequently as the second element in compounds. hammer-wielder, weather-wielder, willow-wielder: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > one who uses > skillfully wielder1592 1592 W. Wyrley True Vse Armorie 7 The paternall Ancestors of whom (for ought that can be prooued) were not in any late age welders of Armes. 1773 Prudential Lovers II. xxiii. 42 It was the fate of this wielder of the feathered stiletto, to be universally despised. 1855 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) ix. 303 These are the high aims of fiction in the hands of its master wielders. 1862 R. W. Procter Our Turf, Stage & Ring 81 The rough-hewn wielders of the spade. 1923 Americana Ann. 607/1 He had achieved distinction not only as a wielder of the baton, but also as a violinist and pianist. 2018 Express (Nexis) 8 Nov. 12 When knife-wielders and gangsters are behind bars, the public is safer. b. A person who holds and exercises power, authority, influence, etc. ΚΠ 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 153 He is the free wielder of all the powers of a free..people. 1847 Hogg's Weekly Instructor 28 Aug. 410/2 He is rather the wielder of authority to sanction, than the wielder of influence to produce. 1925 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 19 1 The unrestricted supremacy which was attributed to it [sc. sovereignty] in an age when its wielders everywhere were absolute monarchs. 2016 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 22 Apr. 40 The vast majority of major companies, nearly all the big donors and wielders of influence and power call the Harbour City home. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator purveyora1387 provisora1393 controller1422 administrator1440 administera1443 administrant1602 admin1629 conductor1634 dispensatora1649 dispenser1654 manager1682 mesnagier1693 prepositor1698 wielder1723 administrador1803 policeman1806 administrative1813 manipulator1823 runner1893 case manager1969 1723 J. Swift Some Arguments against Power of Bishops 15 Such..Tenants, generally speaking, have others under them, and so a third and fourth in Subordination, till it comes to the Welder (as they call him) who sits at a rack Rent. 1796 E. Ledwich Statist. Acct. Parish Aghaboe vi. 54 What between the noted dishonesty of tithe-proctors, and the unceasing wrangling and chicane of welders, I positively and solemnly affirm, we receive little more than half of what we are entitled to. 1836 Wexford Independent 3 Aug. 3/2 Every man..should come forward, and not only pay the independent wielder, but indemnify him against the assaults of the legalized corruptionist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1382 |
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