家畜囲い係
解説 Definition
歴史的に、迷い出た家畜を捕らえて村の囲い場（pound）に入れる役人を指します。
A pinder is a historical village officer whose duty was to seize stray livestock and place it in an enclosure or pound. The word also survives as a surname, but it is distinct from Pindar, the name of the ancient Greek poet.
使い方 Usage
使い分け Common distinctions
- 職務名の pinder は小文字で使います。姓としても残りますが、古代ギリシャの詩人 Pindar とは別の綴りです。 Use lowercase pinder for the occupation. The word also survives as a surname, but its spelling differs from Pindar, the ancient Greek poet.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
古い動詞 pind「囲い込む」に、人を表す -er が付いた職業名。迷い出た家畜を囲い場へ入れる村の係を思い浮かべましょう。
Connect the older verb pind, meaning “to enclose,” with the person ending -er. Picture a village officer putting wandering livestock into an enclosure.
例文
The pinder drove the stray cattle into the village pound.
家畜囲い係は迷い出た牛を村の囲い場へ追い込んだ。
The records show that the pinder impounded stray sheep.
記録には、家畜囲い係が迷い出た羊を収容したことが記されている。
pinder の類義語・関連語
pinder の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中英語 pinder、古英語 pyndan（囲い込む）に由来し、迷い家畜を収容所（pound）に入れる役人を指した。関連語: pound（囲い地）、impound（押収する）。中世イングランドの村で家畜管理を担った職名がそのまま姓としても定着した。
The occupational noun comes from Middle English pinder, formed from the verb pinden, “to enclose,” with the agent suffix -er. It is associated with the historical pound, where stray livestock was confined until reclaimed. A pinder was therefore a local officer responsible for impounding animals. Like many medieval occupational terms, it later became a surname. This origin is separate from Pindar, the conventional English form of the ancient Greek poet’s name.
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