单词 | citizen king |
释义 | > as lemmascitizen king citizen king n. [in sense (a) after French roi citoyen (1789 applied to King Louis XVI, 1830 applied to King Louis Philippe)] (a) (originally in the context of the French Revolution) a king who seeks to serve, or who is concerned with, the interests of the people; a king resembling an ordinary citizen; (later also) a popular name for Louis Philippe of France (1773–1850); (b) a citizen having great political or military power; cf. people-king n. at people n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1790 London Chron. 27 Mar. 298/2 That liberty, which our august representatives and a citizen King have obtained for us. 1792 J. White tr. G.-H. de R. de Mirabeau Speeches II. 168 A despotic monarch might be arrested in his progress; and shall not a citizen-king, a king placed in the midst of an armed people, be subject to the like controul? a1808 F. Ames Wks. (1809) 268 All the citizen kings were fairly crammed together, forty deep, into a Philadelphia state-house-yard. 1830 J. C. Hobhouse Let. 17 Dec. in T. Juste S. Van de Weyer (1871) 268 He [sc. Prince Leopold] may do very well for a citizen-king. 1850 H. Martineau Hist. Eng. during 30 Years' Peace II. iv. xiii. 167 All eyes were fixed on the Citizen King [sc. Louis Philippe]. 1915 N.Y. Times Current Hist. European War 9 Jan. 454/2 Now you are peasant soldiers. You have the opportunity to become citizen kings. We are all kings here. 1979 P. Mody Democracy means Bread & Freedom 46 The lessons so painfully worked out by Plato for his philosopher-kings..would be too specialised for the Citizen Kings of modern times. 2011 D. McCullough Greater Journey i. ii. 44 Even the plump ‘Citizen King’, Louis-Philippe himself, could occasionally be seen out for a stroll. < as lemmas |
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