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单词 christmas lord
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Christmas Lord
Christmas Lord n. Obsolete (historical in later use) a man chosen to preside over revelries during the Christmas period; cf. Lord of Misrule n. at misrule n. 4, Christmas King n.Cf. slightly earlier Christenmas lord (see quot. 1546 at Christenmas n. Compounds).
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society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > persons and characters > [noun] > presiding > at Christmas festivities
Lord of Misrule1491
Christmas King1537
Christmas Lord1555
Christmas Prince1598
lieutenant1655
1555 J. Ponet Apologie p. x In playnge the Christmas lords minion in new colledge in Oxford, in thy fooles coat that thow diddest learne thy boldnes, and lost thy witt.
1692 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 153 In Mert[on] Coll[ege]..the Fellows annually elected, about S. Edmunds day in November, a Christmas Lord, or Lord of misrule.
1905 W. C. Hazlitt Brand's Pop. Antiq. Great Brit.: Faiths & Folklore (rev. ed.) I. 123/1 We learn that no Christmas Lord had been created since 1577.
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