| 释义 |
factionary, a. and n.|ˈfækʃənərɪ|
[f. faction n.1 + -ary.]
A. adj.
†1. Taking part in a quarrel or dissension; active as a partisan.
1607Shakes. Cor. v. ii. 30 Remember my name is Menenius; alwayes factionary on the party of your Generale.
2. Of or pertaining to a faction.
1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. iv. 94 Whenever he [the monk] ascended to the higher eminences of the Church, he too became..a factionary and political leader.
B. n. A member of a faction; a partisan.
1555Eden Decades 62 Many occasions were sought agenst Ancisus by Vascus and his factionaries. a1834Coleridge Notes on Waterland in Lit. Remains IV. 245 The unmistakable passions of a factionary and a schismatic. 1854tr. Lamartine's Celebr. Char., Cromwell II. 201 This religious enthusiasm..transformed a body of factionaries into an army of saints. |