| 单词 | devil's missionary |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdevil's missionary devil's missionary n. a person considered to be a promoter of evil ideas; spec. a missionary or other European visitor considered to have a malign influence; (New Zealand) a European not associated with a Christian mission during the colonization of New Zealand. ΚΠ 1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 66 The Inhabitants had been persuaded that we were the Devil's Missionaries [Fr. des Missionnaires du démon]. 1789 Gentleman's Mag. June 545/1 He and his companions were exposed from the fury of the populace, who looked upon the Jesuits with horror, as the devil's missionaries come to pervert them from the true faith. 1837 E. G. Wakefield Brit. Colonization N.Z. ii. 31 [The lawless renegade Englishmen] really deserve a name which has been given them—that of ‘Devil's missionaries’. 1839 Colonial Gaz. xxix. 474 [Low types, vagabonds, etc.,] devil's missionaries as they are appropriately called. 1857 Wellington (N.Z.) Independent 5 Dec. Has he forgotten the influence which Mr. E. J. Wakefield's early career had on native morals, has he forgotten the strong designation of the ‘Devil's Missionary’ which Governor Fitzroy applied to that Gentleman? 1877 H. Van Laun tr. V. Hugo in Hist. French Lit. III. vi. iii. 43 [Voltaire], that ape of genius, sent as the devil's missionary to man. 1914 G. L. Morrill To Hell & Back 166 The white-slaver is the Devil's missionary who lays nets which Lucretia cannot avoid and gives baits and bribes that move Penelope. 2000 M. S. Shull Radicalism in Amer. Silent Films ii. 106/2 Blotchi, the devil's missionary from Russia, is juxtaposed with pictures of a blood-drenched butcher knife. < as lemmas |
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