单词 | defier |
释义 | defiern. One who defies, challenges, or braves. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > defiance > one who defier1585 matador1930 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xiii. 126 Zatasnicis, which signifieth..defyers of men, for that every one of them are bounde to fight agaynst tenne. a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) v. ii. 52 I am..To those that boast and have not; a defyer . View more context for this quotation 1703 N. Rowe Ulysses v. i This Defier of the Gods. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 70 The girls..more sturdy defiers of heat, and cold, and wet, than boys themselves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1585 |
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