A male householder or lodger with his own separate fireplace on which a pot could be boiled, which qualified him to vote in a parliamentary…
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| 释义 | society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > one who has right to vote > by specific qualification (6) potwaller1701 A male householder or lodger with his own separate fireplace on which a pot could be boiled, which qualified him to vote in a parliamentary… pot-wobblera1712 = potwaller, n. pot-walloner1725 = potwaller, n. potboiler1736 A person who boils a pot; †Politics = potwaller, n. (obsolete). potwalloper1744 = potwaller, n. Now historical. ten-pounder1833 Something of the value of, or rated at, ten pounds. A voter in a borough who was enfranchised in virtue of occupying property of the annual value of… |
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