- redemptioner (n.)
[redemptioner 词源字典] - "indentured servant," 1775, from redemption + -er (1).
REDEMPTIONER. One who redeems himself or purchases his release from debt or obligation to the master of a ship by his services; or one whose services are sold to pay the expenses of his passage to America. [Webster, 1830]
[redemptioner etymology, redemptioner origin, 英语词源] - redemptive (adj.)
- 1640s, from redempt (mid-15c.), adjective from Latin redemptus, past participle of redimere (see redemption) + -ive. Related: Redemptively.
- Redemptorist (n.)
- member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (founded Naples, 1732, by St. Alphonsus Liguori), 1835 in English. Fem. form is Redemptoristine.
- redeploy (v.)
- 1945, in reference to U.S. troops shifting from Europe to Asia after the fall of Berlin, from re- + deploy. Related: Redeployed; redeploying.
- redeployment (n.)
- 1945, from re- + deployment.
- redesign (v.)
- 1843, from re- + design (n.). Related: Redesigned; redesigning.
- redesign (n.)
- 1881, probably from redesign (v.).
- redevelopment (n.)
- also re-development, 1830, from re- + development.
- redfish (n.)
- 15c., of various species, especially originally the male salmon in spawning season; from red (adj.1) + fish (n.).
- redhead (n.)
- mid-13c., from red (adj.1) + head (n.). Red (adj.), of persons, "having red hair" is from late Old English.
The Carrot pate be sure you hate, for she'l be true to no man,
But put her too 't and she will do 't, and oft turns very common:
She that is red upon the head will doubtless ne'r forsake it,
But wanton be, assuredly, and willingly will take it.
["The True Lover's Admonition," Roxburghe Ballads, c. 1680]
- redial (v.)
- also re-dial, 1961, from re- + dial (v.). Related: Redialed; redialing.
- redingote (n.)
- "double-breasted outer coat with long plain skirts," also a similar garment for women, 1793, from French redingote (1725) from English riding coat (c. 1500).
- redirect (v.)
- 1805 (implied in redirected), from re- "back, again" + direct (v.). Related: Redirecting.
- rediscover (v.)
- 1752, from re- + discover (v.). Related: Rediscovered; rediscovering.
- rediscovery (n.)
- 1747, from re- + discovery.
- redistribute (v.)
- 1610s, from re- "back, again" + distribute. Related: Redistributed; redistributing.
- redistribution (n.)
- 1831, from French redistribution; see re- + distribution.
- redistributive (adj.)
- 1860, from redistribute + -ive. Related: Redistributively.
- redistrict (v.)
- "redraw the boundaries of districts," 1838, in U.S. political sense, from re- "again" + district. Related: Redistricted; redistricting.
- redivide (v.)
- c. 1600, from re- + divide (v.). Related: Redivided; redividing.
