tributer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A miner who is paid in a certain portion of the ore, or its value.
    — 1849-1850, John Weale, Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering Tributers generally work in gangs, and have a limited portion of a lode set them, called a tribute pitch, beyond which they are not permitted to work, and for which they receive a certain portion of the ore, or so much per pound, as agreed upon, of the value of what they raise.
  2. One who pays tribute. rare
    — She saw neither room nor dancers, but a vast theatre filled with homage tributers, and for her, though for what rare attribute was not clear.

词形变化

tributers plural

词源

From tribute + -er.
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