| 释义 |
† velt-marshal Obs.
Also veldt-marshal, velt-mareschal.
[ad. G. feld-marschall, with the spelling of the first element influenced by LG. or Du.]
= field-marshal.
1709Lond. Gaz. No. 4560/2 The King of Denmark and King Augustus stood as Godfathers to a Son of the Velt-Marshal. 1737Gentl. Mag. VII. 641/2 To resign the Command of the Army provisionally to Velt-Marshal Philippi. 1774H. Walpole Corr. (1846) V. 368 You may be a veldt-marshal by this time. 1819Scott Leg. Montrose xi, Anent whilk I have heard the great Velt-Mareschal Bannier hold a learned argument with General Tiefenbach. |