单词 | football club |
释义 | > as lemmasfootball club a. An association formed to combine the operations of persons interested in the promotion or prosecution of some object; the purpose is often indicated in the title, as Alpine club, athletic club, chess club, football club, literary club, natural history field club, tennis club, yacht club, etc.; benefit club, clothing club, coal club, goose club, etc.Many of these are solely devoted to the object for which they are organized; others combine therewith some of the convivial features of sense 13, or even the permanent organization of sense 15. Here belong the publishing clubs, as the Abbotsford, Bannatyne, Roxburgh, Spalding, etc., which differ from societies with similar objects chiefly in their limitation of membership to a fixed number. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > club > club with special interest club1755 Orange Lodge1806 special interest group1908 1755 (title) The Game at Cricket, as settled by the Several Cricket Clubs. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 2 The solemn public seal of sanction they have received from two clubs of gentlemen in London, called the Constitutional Society, and the Revolution Society. View more context for this quotation 1812 Examiner 11 May 291/1 The benefit club..forms something of a provision against adversity. 1859 Peaks, Passes, & Glaciers 1st Ser. vii Early in the year 1858, it was resolved to give scope for the extension of this mutual feeling amongst all who have explored high mountain regions, by the formation of the Alpine Club. 1887 M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike I. x. 228 St. Austell had got the commoner into the Jockey Club. 1890 Times (Weekly ed.) 3 Jan. 15/3 Her Majesty contributes £100 annually to the funds of the Royal Clothing Club at Windsor. football club football club n. an organization of players, managers, owners, or members associated with a particular football team; (also) the football team itself.In North America the more usual term is football team. ΚΠ 1849 Bell's Life in London 30 Sept. 6/5 Arrangements will be made for the formation of a foot-ball club, which it is intended to carry on during the winter and spring months. 1867 Cheltonian Dec. 348 All Old Collegians who care for the noble game, and are able to attend, would send in their names to the Captain of the ‘Football Club’, Cheltenham College. 1905 Leinster Express 18 Feb. Last week a meeting was held at Vicarstown to form a football club under the G A A [= Gaelic Athletic Association] rules. 2006 L. Crolley & D. Hand Football & European Identity ii. viii. 138 A region's most successful football club is regarded as representative not only of the town or city in which it is based but also of its entire region. < as lemmas |
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