ale-connerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• ale-conner, ale-connor

語源

From ale +‎ con +‎ -er, from 古期英語 cunnen (“to test”), from cunnian (“to test”).

名詞

aleconner (plural aleconners)

1. (historical, UK) An officer, appointed yearly, who tasted ale (as well as bread), to ensure its quality.

   Synonym: aletaster

2. (historical, UK) One of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London, England for inspecting the measures used in public houses.

使用する際の注意点

• Of the first sense, the role remains in the 21st century, albeit mostly ceremonial.

参照

• 1949, John Dover Wilson (compiler), Life in Shakespeare's England. A Book of Elizabethan Prose, Cambridge at the University Press. 1st ed. 1911, 2nd ed. 1913, 8th reprint. In Glossary and Notes
• “aleconner”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• noncereal