单词 | court-guide |
释义 | > as lemmascourt-guide court-guide n. a directory (or section of a general directory) containing the names and addresses of the nobility, gentry, and people in ‘society’ (the theory being that it contains the names of all persons who have been presented at court). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun] > directory of names or pedigrees court-guide1814 stud book1834 social register1886 society > communication > book > kind of book > reference book > [noun] > directories peerage1766 court-guide1814 blue book1822 stud book1834 peerage book1843 social register1886 1814 T. Moore Epigr. i. 309 ‘I want the Court-Guide’, said my Lady, ‘to look If the House, Seymour Place, be at 30 or 20’. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing i, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 467/2 Registered in Mrs. Boyle's Court Guide. < as lemmas |
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