| 单词 | crown-eater |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrown-eater crown-eater n. [after German Kronenfresser (16th cent.), so called on account of their being paid in French crowns] historical (a nickname for) a Swiss in the pay of the French during the Reformation period of the early 16th cent. ΚΠ 1844 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany v. iii. 306/1 They demanded the punishment of the ‘German-French’, the ‘crown-eaters’ [Ger. ‘Kronenfresser’]. 1906 C. Dandliker & E. J. Benton in H. C. Lodge Hist. Nations XIII. 433 (note) These were styled risings against the ‘crown eaters’ (Kronenfresser), i. e., against those in the Council who were suspected of taking bribes in French money—crowns. 2002 P. E. Selwyn tr. V. Groebner Liquid Assets, Dangerous Gifts v. 122 Because of its officially anti-French stance, Basel was spared the violent assaults on genuine or presumed crown eaters or flesh-sellers in the revolts of 1513 and 1515. < as lemmas |
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