Word Meanings - ALECONNER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure.

Related words: (words related to ALECONNER)

• PUBLIC-SPIRITED
  1. Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men. 2. Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure. Addison. -- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ly,
• PUBLICLY
  1. With exposure to popular view or notice; without concealment; openly; as, property publicly offered for sale; an opinion publicly avowed; a declaration publicly made. 2. In the name of the community. Addison.
• PUBLIC SCHOOL
  In Great Britain, any of various schools maintained by the community, wholly or partly under public control, or maintained largely by endowment and not carried on chiefly for profit; specif., and commonly, any of various select and usually
• LONDONISM
  A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.
• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• INSPECTOR
  One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer. Inspector general , a staff
• PUBLIC-SERVICE CORPORATION; QUASI-PUBLIC CORPORATION
  A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety.
• PUBLICNESS
  1. The quality or state of being public, or open to the view or notice of people at large; publicity; notoriety; as, the publicness of a sale. 2. The quality or state of belonging to the community; as, the publicness of property. Boyle.
• PUBLICAN
  A farmer of the taxes and public revenues; hence, a collector of toll or tribute. The inferior officers of this class were often oppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with great detestation. As Jesus at meat . . . many publicans
• PUBLICATION
  1. The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel;
• INSPECTORSHIP
  1. The office of an inspector. 2. The district embraced by an inspector's jurisdiction.
• INSPECTIVE
  Engaged in inspection; inspecting; involving inspection.
• APPOINTER
  One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment. Kent.
• SINECURE
  1. An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls. Ayliffe. 2. Any office or position which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labor, or active service. A lucrative sinecure in the Excise. Macaulay.
• APPOINTMENT
  The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. 6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever
• LONDONIZE
  To impart to a manner or character like that which distinguishes Londoners.
• LONDON
  The capital city of England. London paste , a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements. -- London pride. A garden name for Saxifraga umbrosa, a hardy perennial
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• APPOINTOR
  The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.
• PUBLICITY
  The quality or state of being public, or open to the knowledge of a community; notoriety; publicness.
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• REAPPOINT
  To appoint again.
• PREAPPOINTMENT
  Previous appointment.
• SUPERINSPECT
  To over see; to superintend by inspection. Maydman.