sais

suomi-englanti sanakirja

sais englanniksi

  1. A groom, or servant with responsibility for the horses.

  2. (quote-book)

  3. (quote-journal)

  4. (RQ:Kipling Plain Tales)

  5. 1890, Annie Steel|Flora Annie Webster Steel; Grace Gardiner, “The Duties of the Servants”, in ''The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook: Giving the Duties of Mistress and Servants, the General Management of the House and Practical Recipes for Cooking in all its Branches'', Edinburgh: F. Murray, (w) 228145908; reprinted Cambridge: (w), 2010, 978-1-108-02193-7, page 68:

  6. THE DUTIES OF THE ''SAIS'' OR GROOM. (..) Now, if the good house-mother's proudest boast is that not even "the cattle within her gate" fail to feel her kindly care, she will often find it necessary to take an active part in teaching the ''sais'' his duty, and seeing that the horses receive proper attention. (..) The old plan of a ''sais'' and a grass-cutter to each horse is a thing of the past, and the number of ''saises'' or grooms should have reference merely to the amount of harnessing and out-work necessary during the day.
  7. (quote-book).|year=1987|isbn=978-0-575-03984-1|passage=We have not been able to get a good syce for our animal, and have had to make do with a young and inexperienced fellow.

  8. ''usually'' syce: chauffeur, driver.TROPENMUSEUM Auto met M.C. Westerman het echtpaar Soesters en de chauffeur TMnr 60026697.jpg|thumb|A 1919 photograph of M. C. Westerman, Mr. and Mrs. Soeters, and a chauffeur, in (w), (w), (w)

  9. (quote-book)|year=1935|page=50|oclc=27325434|passage=House servants are usually either Chinese or Tamil, the former predominating, especially in towns of any size. The domestic staff will in general consist of a houseboy (in large establishments two houseboys), a water carrier (''tukang ayer''), whose duties include washing dishes and preparing baths, a cook, a gardener, a chauffeur or ''sais'', and perhaps an ''ayah'' (if Chinese, ''amah'') or two, according to the size of the family.

  10. (n-g).

  11. (quote-book) She sais she afraid.

  12. six

  13. (inflection of)

  14. (gl-reinteg-verb form of)

  15. (cln) six

  16. (syn)

  17. driver

  18. (cln) six (6)

  19. chauffeur, driver

  20. (pt-verb form of)

  21. (monikko) pt|sal

  22. (alt form)

  23. size