单词 | chasseur |
释义 | chasseurn. 1. A huntsman; a hunter. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] huntc1000 huntera1325 cacherec1340 pricasourc1387 waithmanc1425 chaser1470 huntsman1567 pricker1575 Nimrod1623 venator1656 fieldmana1683 sportsman1699 coureur de bois1700 sporting parson1757 chasseur1796 jäger1823 shikari1827 venerer1845 hunting-man1859 gamer1887 hunterman1891 veldman1895 1796 W. Scott Chase Pref. note Once, as a benighted Chasseur heard this infernal chase pass by. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 154 Chasseurs in green and gold beat its woods. 2. A soldier equipped and trained for rapid movement; in the French army the designation of a body forming the elite of a battalion; later of a particular type of infantry and cavalry. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > equipped for rapid movement chasseur1796 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 754 Another small corps of chasseurs. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. iv. 78 (note) A corps of European chasseurs, or rifle-men..after the manner of the light infantry in England. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII xxxvii. 129 He found a number of Chasseurs. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 225 The vanguard was composed of chasseurs of the line, hussars, and lancers. 3. a. An attendant upon a person of rank or wealth, dressed in a military style. Cf. German Jäger. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > [noun] > liveried > dressed in specific style heyduck1615 chasseur1765 jäger1831 1765 H. Walpole Let. 3 Oct. (1904) VI. 311 We foreigners and the foreign ministers were shown the famous beast of the Gevandan, just arrived, and covered with a cloth, which two chasseurs lifted up. 18.. W. Irving in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1890) The great chasseur who had announced her arrival. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. l. 15 A servant in chasseur's livery entered. b. A hotel messenger, esp. in France. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > hotel messenger chasseur1896 1896 E. Dowson Let. c24 Mar. (1967) 351 Ask for a garçon called Paul..& ask him to convey the letter to ‘Monsieur Léopold’—by the chasseur if he is not in the café. 1899 E. Dowson Let. June–July 415 The wretched little chasseur whom I sent daily for my letters pocketed his omnibus fare & never went near the place. 1936 D. Barnes Nightwood ii. 54 The chasseur of the Hôtel Récamier..was approaching them at a run. 1939 E. Ambler Mask of Dimitrios xi. 213 With a boîte, you know, it takes time to build up a clientèle... We had a good chasseur. 4. Gastron. Used postpositively to designate a poultry or game dish cooked in a white wine sauce which includes mushrooms and shallots. Also chasseur sauce. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > game dishes > [adjective] chasseur1957 1889 A. B. Marshall Cookery Bk. i. 13 Chasseur Sauce... It is excellent to serve with poultry, pheasant, partridge, rabbit, venison, mutton, &c. 1957 Good Food Guide 89 Such things as Greek fricasse of veal,..casseroled chicken chasseur. 1967 E. David French Provinc. Cooking (rev. ed.) 454 The result will be the poulet sauté which, in a restaurant, will be glorified with some..label..; chasseur or forestière if there are mushrooms. Compounds chasseur-blue n. a shade of blue resembling that of the uniform of a French chasseur. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > other blues blue-green1659 water blue1723 king's blue1778 garter-blue1792 smalt-blue1794 pencil blue1815 stone-bluea1855 azuline1864 night-blue1868 canard1872 Labrador blue1873 electric1882 chasseur-blue1900 cornflower1907 petrol blue1913 larkspur1927 petrol1927 flow-blue1961 1900 Daily News 1 Jan. 5/3 Costumes..in blue and black-chasseur-blue. 1910 Daily Chron. 2 Mar. 3/3 From head to foot a woman can now..array herself in the new ‘Chasseur’ blue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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