单词 | pupil-monger |
释义 | † ˈpupil-ˌmonger Obs. [f. pupil n.1 + monger.] One who makes it his business to take pupils; esp. a tutor at Cambridge University.
a1661Fuller Worthies, Northampt. (1662) ii. 291 He [J. Preston] was the greatest Pupil-monger in England in mans memory. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Pupil-mongers, tutors at the Universities, that have many Pupils, and make a Penny of them. 1773W. Cole in Peacock Stat. Cambridge (1841) App. A. 1 My learned Friend, Mr. Farmer, Fellow and Pupilmonger of Emanuel College. So † ˈpupil-ˌmongering vbl. n.
1833Wordsw. Let. 17 June in Chr. Wordsw. Mem. (1851) II. 264 You are at an age when the blossom of the mind are setting, to make fruit; and the practice of pupil-mongering is an absolute blight for this process. |

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