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单词 winner
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winnern.

Brit. /ˈwɪnə/, U.S. /ˈwɪnər/
Etymology: < win v.1 + -er suffix1.
One who or that which wins, in various senses.
1. One who gains something, esp. by effort or merit; spec. one who gets (a living) by labour, an earner (obsolete or dialect except in breadwinner n.); †one who makes profit, as by trading; †one who ‘wins’ (corn), a harvester, reaper (figurative).
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society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > one earning a living
winner1352
providerc1485
bread earner1602
breadwinner1783
bread artist1827
daily-breader1872
society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > profit-making > one who makes profit
winner1352
money-makera1450
gainer1538
profit taker1552
proficiary1621
profiter1683
superlucrator1683
money machine1833
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > reaper or mower
reapmanOE
reaperOE
mower1225
shearer1318
puller1332
winner1352
repstera1450
harvestman1552
scytheman1577
harvester1589
sickler1638
messor1656
cradler1766
grass mower1779
thraver1813
reapa1825
bagger1844
cradle-man1889
society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > earning money > earning one's living > one who
winner1352
earner1602
1352 Winner & Waster 194 ‘Ȝee wynnere’, quod wastoure, ‘thi wordes are vayne: With oure festes and oure fare we feden the pore.’
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. i. 222 Webbesters and walkers and wynners with handen.
c1456 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 235 Robberys now rewle ryȝtwysenesse, And wynnerys with her sothe sawe.
c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 860 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 25 Of goddis corne wynnare to be.
1483 Cath. Angl. 420/1 A Wynner, lucrificus.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xixv He that byeth grosse sale and retayleth must nedes be a wynnar.
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxxiii. 21 No flie therby winner, the worth of a straw.
1593 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 85 Knawin..to be wynneris of thair leving be sum honest moyen.
1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iv. 173 Whereas Religion is the greatest winner of mens affections.
1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 257 The winner of a title generally deserves it.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvii. 617 The Major was disengaged too, and swore he would be the winner of her.
1876 C. Dilke in S. Gwynn & G. M. Tuckwell Life Sir C. W. Dilke (1917) I. xiii. 197 Holker..a great winner of verdicts from juries, was one of the dullest men.
1911 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Lighter Side Irish Life i. 6 A woman, a careless winner of the hearts of men.
2. One who is victorious in a contest; a victor; esp. one who wins a game, a race, a prize, etc.; spec. a horse, dog, etc. that wins a race; in games of skill, the ‘piece’ that is nearest to a certain point, a winning shot, etc.; colloquial a thing that scores a success; a potentially successful project, enterprise, etc.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who wins
victora1400
winnerc1485
obtainer1531
triumphera1569
first oar(s)1774
bangster1820
scorer1974
society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > winning or win > winner
conqueror1601
winnera1616
Olympionicesta1656
champion1721
championess1728
holder1830
champ1868
title holder1900
victor ludorum1901
titlist1912
society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [noun] > actions
exchange1604
measuring cast1647
winner1811
glovework1822
piledriver1858
cockshot1861
legwork1868
footwork1871
winning stroke1884
teamwork1885
benching1904
three-sixty1927
wrong-footing1928
power play1932
major1951
sharpshooting1976
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > that which is successful
success1667
good thing1764
go1780
out1843
winner1913
success story1925
socko1937
gangbuster1946
bomb1954
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 68 [If he] has tynt the bataill, Tharfore he had the wrang, and the wynnare the rycht.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. D Be they wynners or loosers, Folke say alwaie, beggers shulde be no choosers.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 156 The verie Romanis selfes, victorious winneris.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iii. vi. 114 When cruelty and lenitie play for a Kingdome, The gentlest gamester is the sooner winner.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. ii. 192 'Twas I wonne the wager, though you hit the white, And being a winner, God giue you good night. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. v. 15 Sir, the Euent Is yet to name the winner . View more context for this quotation
1667 Leathermore: Advice conc. Gaming (1668) 10 It is not deny'd but most Gamesters have at one time or other a considerable run of winning, but..I could never hear of the Man that gave over a winner, (I mean to give over, as never to play again).
1710 Act 9 Anne c. 19 §2 It shall..be lawful..for any Person..to..recover the same [money],..with Costs..against such Winner.
1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 167 A leal shot ettled at the cock, Which shov'd the winner by.
1811 J. Ramsay Acct. Game Curling 9 The stone nearest the tee..is called the winner.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxx. 261 At length the play came to an end, and Mr. Isaac List rose the only winner.
1854 Poultry Chron. 1 371 Winners of the First Prizes.
1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn xix I'd ridden seven great winners before I was eighteen.
1874 J. D. Heath Compl. Croquet-player 83 It is..unfair to the winner, to tell him that he won only because you ‘had a bad mallet’.
1876 Coursing Cal. 19 In a scrambling course, run partly out of sight, the early points of Moonshine doubtless landed her the winner.
1913 Play Pictorial No. 131. ⁋p. iv/1 The Alhambra has also found a winner in its curiously named [‘revue’] ‘8d. a mile’.
1934 Punch 14 Nov. 552/1 The growing function of the outlying theatres is to spot winners for the West-End.
1948 M. Laski Tory Heaven v. 66 ‘I'd like to be a land~agent... I do really think I could have made a success of it.’ ‘I'm sure you would... It sounds like a winner to me.’
1958 Times 12 Sept. 13/1 The last crop of new ballets commissioned for the Edinburgh International Ballet company includes one winner, a near miss, and a very honourable mention.
1972 Sunday Express 9 Jan. 5/3 The warmth of wool plus good, classic styling, makes this coat a winner this winter.
1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 18 Nov. 4/3 Cyril Berry..must be on a winner with his latest book.
1985 Woman's Own 22 June 36/2 The actor believes that combining the strong with the sensitive is exactly what makes a man a winner—on screen and off.
3. winner-take(s)-all, attributive phrase used to denote contests or conflicts in which victory is outright or the successful competitor alone is rewarded; occasionally (without hyphens) in non-attributive use as an idiomatic sentence.
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society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [adjective] > types of competition
drawn1610
indifferent?1611
cut-throat?a1625
equal1653
runaway1797
close-run1813
neck and neck1828
tight1828
dog-eat-dog1872
winner-take(s)-all1969
two-horse1976
1969 Listener 10 Apr. 496/1 When you say war, I think that's what you mean: nations and empires clashing, and there will be one winner and one loser on clear-cut lines. I won, you lost. But here there's not supposed to be, the way I understand it, a winner-take-all-type thing.
1972 National Observer (U.S.) 27 May 5/1 Should McGovern win the June 6 California primary with its winner-take-all bag of 271 votes,..he then would be within easy range of a first-ballot nomination at the convention opening on July 10.
1972 Guardian 8 June 12/1 In California winner takes all. It will be almost impossible now to deny McGovern the nomination.
1973 Times 16 Nov. 1/1 The Government has accepted that there is no way out of a grim, winner-takes-all clash with the National Union of Mineworkers.
1976 ‘H. Carmichael’ False Evidence iv. 63 There must've been a worthwhile rakeoff... The outcome was that winner took all.
1978 A. Price '44 Vintage xxiii. 264 A winner-takes-all lottery.

Draft additions 1993

ˈwinnerness n. U.S. the quality or state of being or appearing to be a winner. (Found only in the New Yorker.)
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who wins > capacity of
winnability1972
winnerness1976
1976 New Yorker 17 May 127/1 The candidate who looks like a ‘winner’ will get more money and other forms of help. One's ‘winnerness’ may be more important in this process than what one stands for.
1988 New Yorker 4 July 71/2 With his success Dukakis acquired ‘winnerness’: an almost mystical process.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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