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单词 warrener
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Definition of warrener in English:

warrener

noun ˈwɒr(ə)nəˈwä-
British historical
  • 1A gamekeeper.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Over the years its been used by Vikings, Romans, Augustine brothers, warreners, Victorians, and soldiers in World War II.
    • This was probably the era of the warreners when the landlords right to free warren was leased out.
    • Semi-fortified warren lodges were built for the warreners.
    • These warreners would live in fortified lodges, usually built on high areas within a warren, so that they could keep a look out for poachers.
    • The Chunn family are recorded as warreners in Twickenham for about 150 years from early in the 17th century.
    • There are ruins of a two-storeyed medieval warreners' lodge, just 2 miles west of Thetford, off B1107.
    1. 1.1 A keeper of a rabbit warren.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Woodland names on the wold-top above preserve the name ‘Conygre’, indicating a conigree or warren, probably of post-medieval date, where rabbits were bred in artificial linear mounds kept by a warrener.
      • Meet local people from Thetford's past, from the revolutionary philosopher Thomas Paine to the Sikh hero Maharajah Duleep Singh and from rabbit warreners to railway workers.
      • The Breckland Heath has always been interfered with by ancient flint workers and farmers, the military, the rabbits and the rabbit warreners.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French warener, from warenne 'game park'.

 
 

Definition of warrener in US English:

warrener

nounˈwä-
British historical
  • 1A gamekeeper.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are ruins of a two-storeyed medieval warreners' lodge, just 2 miles west of Thetford, off B1107.
    • The Chunn family are recorded as warreners in Twickenham for about 150 years from early in the 17th century.
    • These warreners would live in fortified lodges, usually built on high areas within a warren, so that they could keep a look out for poachers.
    • This was probably the era of the warreners when the landlords right to free warren was leased out.
    • Semi-fortified warren lodges were built for the warreners.
    • Over the years its been used by Vikings, Romans, Augustine brothers, warreners, Victorians, and soldiers in World War II.
    1. 1.1 A person in charge of a rabbit warren, either as owner or on behalf of its owner.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Meet local people from Thetford's past, from the revolutionary philosopher Thomas Paine to the Sikh hero Maharajah Duleep Singh and from rabbit warreners to railway workers.
      • Woodland names on the wold-top above preserve the name ‘Conygre’, indicating a conigree or warren, probably of post-medieval date, where rabbits were bred in artificial linear mounds kept by a warrener.
      • The Breckland Heath has always been interfered with by ancient flint workers and farmers, the military, the rabbits and the rabbit warreners.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French warener, from warenne ‘game park’.

 
 
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