English Dictionary

bum

IPA（発音記号）

/bʌm/

名詞

廃用

(obsolete) A bumbailiff.

日本語の意味

（古語）補助的な執行官、すなわち下位の執行官（bailiffの補助官）の意味として解釈される。

The bum carried the court writ with a stern face, and everyone in the tavern treated him as if he were the bumbailiff come to collect dues.

執行官は法廷の令状を厳しい表情で携え、酒場の客は皆、債務を取り立てに来た彼を畏怖の念で見守った。

意味（1）

(obsolete) A bumbailiff.

About her Chariot, and behind, / Were Sergeants, Bums of every kind, / Tip-staffs, and all those Officers, / That squeeze a Living out of Tears.

bums （ plural ）