单词 | alcazar |
释义 | alcazarn. A palace. Also: a fortress, a castle. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] chestera855 boroughc893 fastnessOE strength?c1225 warnestore1297 fortress13.. holdc1330 strongholdc1384 motec1390 fortalicec1425 garnisonc1430 garrisonc1430 town of war1441 wall-town1488 strengh1489 afforciament1509 piece1525 forcea1552 citadel1567 fort1569 place1575 holt1600 alcazar1623 fasthold1623 afforcement1642 castle-town1646 post1648 garrison-town1649 bridlea1661 palank1685 place of arms1704 ostrog1761 qila1761 presidio1763 gurry1786 thana1803 pa1823 castrum1836 lis1845 Gibraltar1856 training post1867 kasbah1902 jong1904 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > dwelling of king or ruler > [noun] hall971 fleta1000 saleOE courta1175 palacec1300 praetoryc1384 praetorium1536 serail1585 seraglio1589 serai1617 sirkar1619 alcazar1623 alkedavy1631 palaisc1660 Residenz1824 istana1839 arch-house1876 1615 W. Bedwell Arabian Trudgman in tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ sig. Lv Alcasar, Alkazar, the palace, the kings house.] 1623 tr. A. Almansa y Mendoza Ioyfull Returne Charles, Prince of Great Brittaine 25 The Conde de Chinchon Alcayd of that Royall House..attended him at the gate, accompanied with his Lieutenant, the Guard, and the Captaine of the Alcazar or Palace. 1666 J. Davies tr. E. d'Aranda Hist. Algiers 84 He immediately began..to fortifie the Alcazar (one of the Fortresse's of the City) where he put good store of Artillery. 1770 G. Baretti Journey London to Genoa II. l. 207 The Alcázar was then in good condition, and inhabited by a Spanish queen. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella II. ii. ix. 491 Their permanent residence was assigned in the old alcazar of Seville. 1869 S. S. Cox Search for Winter Sunbeams (1870) xiv. 255 Our posada, or hotel, was once a Moorish alcazar, or palace. 1906 C. Hare Queen of Queens iv. 63 It was indeed a gay, brilliant life to which they were welcomed in the splendid Moorish Alcazar of Madrid, which had recently been greatly enlarged and rebuilt by King Enrique. 1978 Boston Herald 28 Feb. 8 The Sunbelt, unconquerable Alcazar of anti-unionism, had become the boom region of the country. 1988 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. III. 7/2 (caption) The Alcázar of Seville, built in 1364–6 for King Pedro the Cruel by Mudejar architects. 2001 J. E. Lewis Mammoth Bk. War Correspondents 187 It would probably have ended in a quicker victory had the Francoist insurgents not gone to the relief of the Toledo Alcazar garrison in September 1936. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1623 |
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