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词汇 waymaker
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Definition of waymaker in English:

waymaker

noun ˈweɪmeɪkə
  • 1A person who makes or mends roads; specifically an English royal official of the 16th and early 17th centuries charged with keeping the highways in good repair. Also with capital initial. Now historical.

  • 2A person or thing that prepares the way for another; a forerunner, a precursor; a prelude. In early use chiefly with to.

Origin

Late 15th century; earliest use found in Catholicon Anglicum: an English-Latin wordbook. From way + maker.

Definition of waymaker in US English:

waymaker

nounˈweɪmeɪkə
  • 1A person who makes or mends roads; specifically an English royal official of the 16th and early 17th centuries charged with keeping the highways in good repair. Also with capital initial. Now historical.

  • 2A person or thing that prepares the way for another; a forerunner, a precursor; a prelude. In early use chiefly with to.

Origin

Late 15th century; earliest use found in Catholicon Anglicum: an English-Latin wordbook. From way + maker.

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