| 释义 |
† ˈevidenceship Obs.
[f. evidence n. + -ship.]
a. The office or function of an evidence (or witness).
b. humorously, as a title (after lordship, etc.).
a1734North Lives I. 315 And thereby gave so great offence to their evidenceships, the plot witnesses. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) IV. 338 That ingenious knack of forgery..and a detection since in evidenceship, have been his ruin. |