Job

Job
Recorded in many forms including Job, Jobb, Jupp, Jopp, the diminutives Joblin, Jobling, Jobbling, Jopling, Jobbing, Jobbings, the dialectals Joberne, Joburn, Joburne, Yerborn, and others, this is an English surname but one of at least four possible origins! The first is a 'Crusader' name introduced into the British Isles in the 12th century by returning knights from the Holy Land, and deriving from the Hebrew personal name Job. This has the ancient meaning of the "persecuted one", because Job, the central character in the biblical book of that name, was tormented with illness. Secondly the name may have originated as a nickname for a person who suffered illness, but from the French word "job" meaning "unfortunate". Thirdly Job can be an occupational surname for a cooper, deriving from the English word "jobbe" meaning a vessel containing four gallons. Finally the name may derive from the Olde French word "jube" which was a long woollen garment for men, and given to a maker or seller of these clothes. The coat of arms most associated with the family has the blazon of a silver shield, charged with a blue chevron between three blue eagle's heads erased. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Job. This was dated 1202, in the Court Rolls of Norfolk, during the reign of King John, known as "Lackland" 1199 - 1216. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was sometimes known as the Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • job — job …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Job — • One of the books of the Old Testament, and the chief personage in it Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Job     Job     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • job — W1S1 [dʒɔb US dʒa:b] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(work)¦ 2¦(duty)¦ 3¦(something you must do)¦ 4 on the job 5 I m only/just doing my job 6 it s more than my job s worth 7 do the job 8 have a job doing something/have a job to do something 9 do a job on… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • JOB — JACQUES MARIE GASTON ONFROY DE BRÉVILLE dit (1858 1931) Né à Bar le Duc, Jacques de Bréville commence à signer Job dès son enfance crayonneuse au collège Stanislas. D’un milieu familial peu ouvert à la République naissante, il hérite d’une pensée …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • job — [ dʒab ] noun *** ▸ 1 work to earn money ▸ 2 particular piece of work ▸ 3 duty ▸ 4 a crime ▸ 5 something of particular type ▸ 6 something computer etc. does ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count work that you do regularly to earn money. When you ask someone… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Job — 1 Job 2 Job 3 Job 4 Job 5 Job 6 Job 7 Job 8 Job 9 Job 10 Job 11 Job 12 Job 13 Job 14 …   The King James version of the Bible

  • Job — (britisch [ˈdʒɒb], amerikanisch [ˈdʒɑːb], deutsch [ˈdʒɔp] oder umgangssprachlich [ˈʒɔp]) bezeichnet in der Umgangssprache (allerdings zunehmend auch amtlich, siehe z. B. Jobcenter), einen Arbeitsplatz, eine Stelle (Organisation), eine… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Job — (j[o^]b), n. [Prov. E. job, gob, n., a small piece of wood, v., to stab, strike; cf. E. gob, gobbet; perh. influenced by E. chop to cut off, to mince. See {Gob}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Job — may refer to:* a joe (role) served by a person or thing: ** Employment, where a person is in a long term relationship performing a service for an employer ** Occupation (economic), where a person performs a certain role over a long period ***… …   Wikipedia

  • JOB — Création 1838 Dates clés 1987 rachat par Bolloré (OCB) 2000 rachat de la marque par Republic Technologies Fondateurs Jean Bardou …   Wikipédia en Français

  • job — job; job·ber; job·ber·nowl; job·bery; job·less; job·mas·ter; nut·job·ber; pre·job; mc·job; job·ble; job·less·ness; …   English syllables

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