单词 | fatherland |
释义 | fatherlandn. 1. a. A person’s native country, esp. when referred to in patriotic terms. Also figurative: heaven considered as a Christian's true home. Cf. motherland n. 1a, mother country n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] > homeland or native land kithc888 etheleOE erdOE homeOE motherOE fatherlandc1275 countrya1300 soila1400 countrywarda1425 motherland1565 mother country1567 patrie1581 native1604 homelanda1627 home country1707 patria1707 old country1751 the (old) sod1812 home birth1846 Vaterland1852 old sod1863 motherland1895 Bongo Bongo1911 sireland1922 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1217 Guendoleine he sende into hire fader londe, in-to Cornwaile, in-to hire cuððe. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xxxi. A Departe agayne to thy fatherlande, and to thy kynred, I wyll be with the. 1623 J. Wodroephe Spared Houres Souldier 270 I thanke my lucke that hath caused me to find here my Countryman, and one of my Fatherland. 1635 T. Odell (title) A brief and short Treatise called the Christian's Fatherland. 1683 F. Ellis Let. 28 Sept. in W. Hedges Diary (1887) I. 120 I hope in God to meet with much better [Justice] in Father-Land for ye inexpressable damage done me. 1799 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 7 399 Through thee alone the father-land is dear. 1840 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) V. 130 Returning to their fatherland in peace. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets v. 138 Stesichorus acknowledged an Ionian colony for his fatherland. 1955 J. Higham Strangers in Land viii. 217 The very real hatred most Austro-Hungarian immigrants displayed towards their official fatherland. 2001 H. Berberian Armenians & Iranian Constit. Revol. 1905–1911 iv. 150 Yeprem before being a Christian or Armenian is a Persian and fights for the betterment of his fatherland. b. spec. As used by the Dutch or Germans to refer to their own countries; (now usually) (with the and capital initial) Germany (sometimes with nationalistic overtones). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Germanic region > [noun] > Germany Dutchland1547 Low Germany1577 fatherland1680 Hunland1916 1680 W. Temple Ess. Orig. & Nature of Govt. in Miscellanea 66 The Dutch..instead of our Countrey, say our Father-land. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 424 The Dutch-men fir'd all their Guns for joy of their safe Arrival in their own Country, which they very affectionately call Father-land. 1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. I. 411 The glorious history of its [sc. Holland's] independence under the title of Vaderlandsche Historie—the history of Father-land! 1839 W. Chambers Tour Holland 9/1 The attachment which the Dutch show to their Vaderland, or Fatherland, as they commonly term it. 1864 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 433/1 Its [sc. Tübingen's] famous University..more identified with the spiritual..development of Germany than any other single institution in the Fatherland. 1874 J. Morley On Compromise 5 A German has his dream of a great fatherland. 1933 Gary (Indiana) Evening Times 21 Apr. 9/1 The general ‘Nazification’ of the Fatherland was not delayed for the celebration. 1981 A. MacLean River of Death i. 9 ‘I know you will do your duty by the Fatherland.’ ‘As will every true German.’ 2014 Guardian (Nexis) 25 Sept. 35 When Napoleon's armies invaded Prussia in 1807, the philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte similarly urged his countrymen to lay down their lives for the Fatherland. 2. The land from which one's ancestors came. Cf. motherland n. 1c. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] > land of one's ancestors fatherland1822 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall I. 13 The ancient and genuine characteristics of my father land. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 528/2 They [sc. the Americans] look to a dreadful breaking-up of those old establishments, under the shelter of which have grown..the liberties of their ‘father-land’ [sc. Great Britain]. 2012 S. Murphy-Shigematsu When Half is Whole i. 19 She separated from her protective family and moved to the ‘fatherland’ she had never known. Derivatives ˈfatherlandish adj. [after German vaterländisch (18th century)] of or relating to one's fatherland (in quots. with reference to Germany). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > native (of country or place) > of one's native country patrial1629 patriotic1653 fatherlandish1832 1832 S. Austin tr. H. L. H. von Pückler-Muskau Tour German Prince III. x. 279 Two genuine Nürnberg housewives, dressed in their fatherlandish caps [Ger. mit ihren vaterländischen Hauben angethan]. 1952 L. L. Snyder German Nationalism ii. 27 From the fathers and mothers of the young athletes, however, Jahn received praise..especially in fostering der väterländischen Gesinnung (the Fatherlandish sentiment). 2010 J. Perry Christmas in Germany iv. 186 Visiting dignitaries, invited to recite a ‘fatherlandish speech’, might include local clergymen, sympathetic aristocrats, and local Nazi Party leaders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1275 |
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