treasurer English · revision 15095

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1290|origins=fro tresor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈtreʒ.ər.ə/, US /ˈtreʒ.ər.ɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|tresourer]], [[bor|xno|tresorer]] and [[fro|tresorier]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|fro|tresor|t=treasure]] (see [[treasure]]),^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) influenced by [[la-lat|thēsaurārius]].^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ One officially in charge of treasure: about 1290 in the OED; a guardian of a hoard of valuables, the late 13th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ At first a treasurer was often an official of a city, church or household,^(Etymonline) and the Lord High Treasurer of England is named from 1292;^(OED 1989) a high officer of the Crown is from the mid-14th century.^(Etymonline) Figuratively, one that stores up anything precious, it is from before 1300.^(OED 1989) A feminine tresouresse, a nun who managed the finances of her house, is from the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline) An officer of the US Treasury is the Treasurer from 1790.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1290 – a keeper of treasure.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1292 – Lord High Treasurer.^(OED 1989)

+ * mid-14th century – a Crown official.^(Etymonline)

+ * mid-15th century – tresouresse.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1790 – the US Treasurer.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person in charge of the funds of a society, company, city or government; a chief financial officer.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(Australia, capitalized)'' The minister of finance.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[treasurership]]

+ * [[undertreasurer]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[treasury]]

+ * [[treasure]]

+ * [[thesaurus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}