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单词 ransomer
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Definition of ransomer in English:

ransomer

noun ˈrans(ə)məˈransəmə
  • 1A person who ransoms someone or something, a person who pays a ransom; a redeemer, specifically (now frequently with capital initial) Christ.

  • 2A person held as security for the payment of a ransom for a ship. Now historical.

  • 3A member of the Order of Our Lady of Ransom (also called Our Lady of Mercy), founded in the 13th cent. to free Christians taken prisoner by the Muslims; = Mercedarian. Now historical.

  • 4A member of the Guild of Our Lady of Ransom, founded in 1887 with the principal aim of converting England and Wales to the Roman Catholic faith.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Cursor Mundi: a Northumbrian poem of the 14th century. From ransom + -er.

Definition of ransomer in US English:

ransomer

noun
  • 1A person who ransoms someone or something, a person who pays a ransom; a redeemer, specifically (now frequently with capital initial) Christ.

  • 2A person held as security for the payment of a ransom for a ship. Now historical.

  • 3A member of the Order of Our Lady of Ransom (also called Our Lady of Mercy), founded in the 13th cent. to free Christians taken prisoner by the Muslims; = Mercedarian. Now historical.

  • 4A member of the Guild of Our Lady of Ransom, founded in 1887 with the principal aim of converting England and Wales to the Roman Catholic faith.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Cursor Mundi: a Northumbrian poem of the 14th century. From ransom + -er.

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