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单词 workmaster
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workmastern.

Brit. /ˈwəːkˌmɑːstə/, /ˈwəːkˌmastə/, U.S. /ˈwərkˌmæstər/
Forms: see work n. and master n.1 and adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: work n., master n.1
Etymology: < work n. + master n.1 Compare Middle Dutch wercmeester master builder, creator (Dutch werkmeester master craftsman, overseer of craftsmen, creator), Middle Low German werkmēster guild master, Old High German wercmeistar master craftsman or builder (Middle High German werkmeister, German Werkmeister, now only ‘overseer of craftsmen’), Old Norwegian verkmeistari (as a surname), Old Swedish värkmästare guild master (Swedish verkmästare overseer), Old Danish verkmester craftsman (Danish værkmester overseer of craftsmen, foreman, (regional) craftsman, (archaic) creator).
Now historical.
1. A master workman; an overseer or employer of workers.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman
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surveyorc1440
supervisorc1454
overlookera1513
workmaster1525
supervisora1529
foreman1574
superintendent1575
overman1606
headman1725
overseer1766
gang leader1775
hagmaster1797
maistry1798
gangsman1803
kangany1817
capataz1826
gangman1830
ganger1836
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gang boss1863
ramrod1881
charge-man1885
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captain1886
overganger1887
ephor1890
pusher1901
gangster1913
line manager1960
1525 tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Vertuous Handy Warke Surg. lxxi. sig. P.ii/2 Also therof spreketh Rogerius to ye worke mayster [Ger. werck meister] that he shall kepe strayght the membre and saue his helth.
1589 M. Philips in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 580 I came to Siuill, and sought me out a workemaster, that I might fall to my science, which was weauing of taffataes.
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 231 This medicine..to an Artist which is a true Preparer of medicines..is plaine and pleasant to be done, and..will do the worke-master credit that vseth it.
1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 16 The Work-master contriveth his roofs, platforms, outjettings, and other such like parts and portions of the whole.
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser (title page) Contracts betwixt the Workmaster and Workman.
1798 W. Waddington Considerations Royal Hosp. Bridewell 15 It seems that taskmasters or workmasters were employed, for the superintendency and improvement of the different branches.
1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. 3 The contents of every work must correspond to the character and designs of the work-master.
1877 J. W. Watkins tr. H. W. J. Thiersch On Christian Commonw. xiii. 169 They fear lest the master, or the superintendent, or the work-master would make them suffer.
1901 L. V. Lockwood Colonial Furnit. Amer. xi. 322 Each apprentice had to make his masterpiece before he was admitted as a workmaster.
1940 New Eng. Q. 13 525 Certain baymakers..petitioned the Council, complaining of..the decay of trading, which had compelled many former workmasters to become workmen.
1999 T. Swan Final Fabergé vii. 49 Hollming had been an assistant workmaster in Fabergé's shops in St. Petersburg at the time of the revolution.
2. figurative. A person or other agent viewed as a producer, creator, or overseer; esp. with reference to God as creator and ruler (cf. workman n. 3). Now rare.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > creator
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authora1413
workman1440
workmaster1531
artificer?1555
re-creator1587
architector1639
architect1659
enlivener1663
God almighty1787
1531 tr. E. Fox et al. Determinations Moste Famous Vniuersities f. 9v These most solempne ordinaunces of the moste hygh worke mayster god [L. summi opificis].
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xiii. 4 Ye are workmasters of lyes.
1605 London Prodigall iii. ii. 93 Nature, in her building, is a most curious worke-maister.
?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. iii. 15 The armes and hands, the worke-masters of all things.
1697 J. Lead Fountain of Gardens II. 257 Be only found in your diligency, and then your great Work-master will be under an engagement, to finish this unknown Mystery.
1787 C. Symmons Serm. iii. 75 The Divine Workmaster might, without injustice, have made thee less, or have placed thee lower.
a1834 A. W. Hare Serm. to Country Congregation (1836) II. xx. 363 In weaving the great web of human life and society, the heavenly workmaster has not made it all of one quality.
1940 A. Croft & H. Bolton tr. Thomas à Kempis Imitation of Christ iii. xxxviii. 158 The children of God..put these [temporal] things to such proper service as is ordained and instituted by God, the great Workmaster.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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