| 单词 | gentleman of the road |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgentleman of the road Phrases P1. In the names of various office holders. a. Gentleman at Arms: a member of the body of men serving as guards or attendants to the British monarch within the royal palace.The corps of the Gentlemen at Arms was instituted as a royal bodyguard by Henry VIII in 1509. Its members were originally called Spears or Spearmen, from 1539 Pensioners, and later also Gentlemen Pensioners (cf. gentleman-pensioner). The Gentlemen at Arms last acted in their capacity as bodyguards to the monarch during the English Civil War; since then, they attend to the monarch only at ceremonial occasions. In early use the guard was composed of gentlemen (see sense 1b); now, its members are typically retired military officers. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > armed retainer or bodyguard > gentleman at arms pensioner1548 gentleman-pensioner1566 Gentleman at Arms1583 1583 G. Whetstone Remembraunce Erle of Sussex sig. A4v (margin) Queene Mary..made him Captaine of the pentioners and gentlemen at armes. 1755 London in Miniature 23 A compleat Suit of Tilting-armour, such as the..Gentlemen at Arms used to exercise in. 1889 John Bull 2 Mar. 149/2 Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms was on duty in the State saloons. 1936 Times 25 Jan. 10/3 As soon as he had passed through the doors into St. Stephen's Hall the Gentleman-at-Arms collapsed. 2016 www.royal.uk/gentlemen-arms 25 Feb. (accessed 12 June 2020) Since 1856, when the award was instituted, twelve Gentlemen at Arms have been holders of the Victoria Cross. b. Originally and chiefly British. gentleman of the bedchamber and variants: a man, typically of noble birth, appointed to provide companionship and personal assistance to the monarch or Prince of Wales; cf. gentleman of the chamber, gentleman of the privy chamber. ΚΠ 1606 J. Reynolds Dolarnys Primerose sig. A2 To the right Honourable, Esme Stewart, Lord of Aubignuy, and one of the Gentlemen of his Maiesties bed-Chamber. 1685 London Gaz. No. 2028/2 Then the Lord Churchill Gentleman of the Bedchamber, followed by Two Grooms of the Bed-Chamber. 1791 Weekly Entertainer 21 Feb. 189 Four gentleman of the king's bedchamber.., willing to gratify the anger of their prince.., instantly resolved to execute his menaces. 1863 Crown Princess of Prussia Let. 1 Sept. in Dearest Mama (1968) 261 We are left to the care of a very funny old gentleman of the bedchamber. 2013 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 13 Oct. (State ed.) (Features section) 39 The modern palace still has ladies and gentlemen of the bedchamber, clerks of the closet and a good supply of grooms and aides-de-camp. c. gentleman of the Chapel Royal and variants: a member of the choir of the British royal household.In quot. 1548 in the form gentleman of the chapel.Cf. child n. 4b. ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII fol. xv There was an interlude of the gentelmen of hys chapell before his grace.] 1689 Exact Acct. Ceremonial at Coronation King William & Queen Mary 2 The Heralds Marshalled the Proceeding in this manner... The Sergeant Porter and Sergeant of the Vestry; Children of the Chapel Royal; the Choir of Westminster; Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal. 1776 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 12 June The principal Vocal Part by Mr. John Friend, Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. 1851 Athenæum 21 July 667/1 Some of the gentlemen of the Chapel Royal this day week commenced a series of Chamber Concerts at Willis's Rooms. 1934 Manch. Guardian 10 Nov. 13/3 A combined choir of over 70 will sing. It will be composed of the Abbey Choir, the children and gentlemen of the Chapel Royal, and representatives of the Choir of St George's Chapel. 2017 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 13 Apr. 19 Leicester's Trebles and Songmen with the Children and the Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal will sing Wash Me Thoroughly set by Samuel Sebastian Wesley. d. gentleman of the chamber and variants: a man, typically of noble birth, appointed to provide companionship and personal assistance to the monarch or Prince of Wales; cf. gentleman of the bedchamber, gentleman of the privy chamber. ΚΠ 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1776/1 Monsieur Destrees, & a Gentleman of the kings chamber were sent in. 1656 tr. J. Popham Rep. & Cases 177 He was well discended, and was a Gentleman of the Chamber to Prince Henry. 1720 D. Manley Power of Love iii. 216 His Gentleman of the Chamber, who was the Confidant of all his Amours. 1862 Sat. Rev. 21 June 717/2 The gentleman of the chamber wrote a letter to him in his own handwriting, and sealed with his own seal. 1950 S. Shellabarger King's Cavalier xxii. 144 He was a gentleman of the King's chamber and High Lord of Woods and Forests. 2017 A. Malcolm Royal Favouritism & Governing Elite Spanish Monarchy, 1640–65 ii. 44 The king would also hand out posts of gentlemen of the chamber to noblemen appointed to army commands, or diplomatic offices. e. gentleman of the horse and variants: an officer responsible for the horses belonging to the monarch or a noble. Now historical.The gentleman of the horse is second in command to the master of the horse. From the middle of the 19th cent., the position in the British royal household has been called Crown Equerry n. ΚΠ c1661 in 12th Rep. Hist. MSS Comm. App. Pt. V: MSS Duke of Rutland (1889) II. 6 in Parl. Papers (C. 5889-II) XLIV. 393 Gervise Lucas served George Earle of Rutland as gentleman of his horse some yeares. 1738 Country Jrnl. May 1/3 [One of this family] was admitted, purely out of Compassion, as an Helper in the Stable, by the Gentleman of the Horse. 1830 Observer 17 May 4/5 The latter [sc. His Majesty's Colt] is reported to have been rode by his Majesty's Gentleman of the Horse, Mr. D. Radcliffe. 1929 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1928–9 C. 37 2 While Ormonde held the sword in Ireland, his family comprised one or more secretaries.., two chaplains, gentleman of the horse.., and some twelve gentlemen at large. 2001 Hist. Jrnl. 44 737 In Anne's reign he became a whig MP, and held the office of gentleman of the horse to the queen. f. †gentleman-pensioner: a member of the body of gentlemen serving as guards or attendants to the British monarch within the royal palace. Now historical and rare.Gentleman at Arms is now the usual term; see note at Gentleman at Arms at Phrases 1a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > armed retainer or bodyguard > gentleman at arms pensioner1548 gentleman-pensioner1566 Gentleman at Arms1583 1566 W. Adlington in tr. Apuleius .XI. Bks. Golden Asse Ep. Ded. sig. * To the right Honorable, and Mightie Lorde, Thomas, Earle of Sussex,..Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter,..and Capitaine of the Gentlemen Pentioners. a1603 G. Carey Let. to James I in Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1737) 230 It pleased Her Majesty..to grace me with the Captain-ship of Her Band of Gentlemen-Pensioners. 1737 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 33) ii. 229 His Majesty's Honourable Band of Gentlemen-Pensioners. 1813 Duke of Buccleuch Let. 13 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) I. 283/1 Only think of being chanted and recitatived by a parcel of hoarse and squeaking choristers, on a birthday, for the edification of the bishops, pages, maids of honor, and gentlemen-pensioners! 1996 Sunday Times (Nexis) 9 June An escort of Gentlemen Pensioners. g. gentleman of the privy chamber and variants: a man, typically of noble birth, appointed to provide companionship and personal assistance to the monarch or Prince of Wales; cf. gentleman of the bedchamber, gentleman of the chamber. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > lord-in-waiting gentlemanc1400 gentleman of the privy chamber1549 privy chamberer1640 Gentleman of the Privy Chamber1681 lord of the bedchamber1717 lord in waiting1719 1549 T. Cooper Lanquet's Epitome of Crons. iii. f. 283v Lady Anne, with hir brother George Bulleine lorde Rochforde, and Henrie Norreis, Francis Weston,..Marke Smeton, gentilmen of the kynges priuie chambre, shortely after was beheaded for dyuers treasons and naughtie actes. a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 41 Halfe a dozen Gentlemen of the privy Chamber, his Majesties Coach, and the Bishop of Winchesters went to receive him [sc. the Ambassador of the King of Sweden] at his Lodging. 1779 London Courant & Westm. Chron. 15 Dec. He had accepted the place of Gentleman of the Privy Chamber in order to avoid serving on Juries. 1953 G. R. Elton Tudor Rev. in Govt. i. 42 During Wolsey's wars household officers, whether gentlemen of the privy chamber or clerks of the kitchen and the like, did good service in the national administration. 2019 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 10 May 32 Queen Katherine's fate was sealed when a letter was discovered written by her to Thomas Culpeper, a gentleman of the Privy Chamber and a great favourite of Henry's. h. gentleman in waiting: a man, typically of noble birth, who attends upon a monarch or other member of the royal family. ΚΠ 1720 Daily Post 18 Feb. A Letter..was sent to the Duke Regent by a Messenger, that deliver'd it to a Gentleman in waiting. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxii. 565 A..gentleman in waiting, in a brown jasey and a green coat covered with orders. 1985 A. Blair Tea at Miss Cranston's xii, in Miss Cranston's Omnibus (1998) 99 The Duke had been a gentleman-in-waiting to Edward VII. 2011 BusinessWorld (Philippines) (Nexis) 28 Nov. s1/4 His gentleman-in-waiting came in to tell him the good news. P2. my (also your, etc.) gentleman. The man who is the subject of a discussion or story. Also: the man who can fulfil one's requirements; the person whom one is seeking out or pursuing. ΚΠ 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. ii. sig. I.6v This digression, as you may imagine, made my Gentleman pull in his hornes, and to acknowledge his fault. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 55 But afterwards perceiuing, that..this piece of hangings came to be seene..the copy of my Gentlemans countenance was quickly altered, and began suddenly to looke blanke. 1769 T. Nugent tr. P. J. Grosley New Observ. Italy II. 114 In the midst of his overture, the angelus strikes, and my gentleman immediately doffs his hat, and..says the prayer very devoutly. 1837 R. M. Bird Nick of Woods II. ix. 114 This being a duty requiring the utmost secrecy and circumspection, he insisted it could not be safely committed to more than one person. ‘In that case,’ said valiant Ralph, ‘I'm your gentleman!’ c1887 H. Lapham in D. M. Davin N.Z. Short Stories (1953) 38 So very soon, my gentleman rode off, and I blest my stars that he was gone before Jim put in an appearance. 2010 J. McGregor Even Dogs (2011) iv. 156 Not unless the toxicology comes back and it turns out your gentleman's been poisoned by arsenic. P3. gentleman-at-large: (a) †a man of noble birth attached to a monarch's court but having no special duties assigned to him (obsolete); (b) (humorous) a man who is unemployed; a man who does not work, esp. one of independent means (cf. sense 3c). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > courtier hired-gomec1275 courtierc1290 court-manc1386 gentlemanc1400 curial1447 courtnoll1568 gentleman-at-large1583 courty1606 courtling1616 1583 tr. B. des Périers Mirrour of Mirth f. 34v (title of section) Of Mistris Furrier, that lodged a Gentleman at large. 1641 Newes from North sig. A4 I was her chiefe gentleman usher, and many times upon occasion her hackster; when I was gentleman at large and out of service, I hunted bowling allies, and lived much upon the rooke there. 1725 Case of Late Election for Deputy Recorder 21 That Vacancy likewise, was filled up in September last, by the Choice of Francis Kenton, Esq; a Gentleman at large. 1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles ii. iv. 168 ‘Turn manufacturer, indeed! I'd rather——’ ‘You'd rather be a gentleman at large’. 1963 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 50 125 Paulding was a good example of the kind of gentleman-at-large that the era could produce—poet, playwright, novelist, polite politician, critic of and commentator on the times. 2010 Econ. Times (Nexis) 9 Jan. Mr Singh is now a self-proclaimed ‘gentleman at large with no desire to return to active politics’. ΚΠ 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Filius terre, a newe begunne gentylman, or a gentylman of the fyrste heed. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 22 The very butcher of a silken button, a Duellist, a gentleman of the very first house of the first and second cause. a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ppppp/1 But to be made..a Gentleman o' th first house For all my kindnesse to her. 1689 J. Collier Moral Ess. conc. Pride 82 A Gentleman of the first Head has a particular reason to manage his Advancement obligingly: For by treating the little People roughly, he does in effect but expose his Ancestours and reproach his own former Condition. P5. euphemistic. the gentleman in black and variants: the Devil. Now rare. See also old gentleman n. 2 and the old gentleman in black (now the more usual term).In quot. 1669 in the form Gentleman in the black Pantalloons. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] devileOE Beelzebubc950 the foul ghosteOE SatanOE warlockOE SatanasOE worsea1200 unwinea1225 wondc1250 quedea1275 pucka1300 serpenta1300 dragon1340 shrew1362 Apollyon1382 the god of this worldc1384 Mahoundc1400 leviathan1412 worsta1425 old enemyc1449 Ruffin1567 dismal1570 Plotcocka1578 the Wicked One1582 goodman1603 Mahu1603 foul thief1609 somebody1609 legiona1616 Lord of Flies1622 walliman1629 shaitan1638 Old Nicka1643 Nick1647 unsel?1675 old gentleman1681 old boy1692 the gentleman in black1693 deuce1694 Black Spy1699 the vicious one1713 worricow1719 Old Roger1725 Lord of the Flies1727 Simmie1728 Old Scratch1734 Old Harry1777 Old Poker1784 Auld Hornie1786 old (auld), ill thief1789 old one1790 little-good1821 Tom Walker1833 bogy1840 diabolarch1845 Old Ned1859 iniquity1899 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant iv. i. 45 I have not yet spoke with the Gentleman in the black Pantalloons; you know he seldome walkes abroad by day-light.] 1693 R. Kirby Dreadful News from Wapping 4 She then seemed to be extraordinary sensible of her former and present Condition, relating as before about the Gentleman in black. 1893 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 408/2 The gentleman in black (or rather, the Devil) vanished clean away from her. 1967 Folklore 78 301 In Somerset, we speak of His Satanic Majesty respectfully as ‘The Gentleman in Black’. P6. euphemistic. gentleman of the road. a. A highwayman; cf. sense 8b. Now historical. ΚΠ 1683 J. M. Traveller's Guide To Rdr. sig. A3 Those discontented, designing, profligate Wretches, the Robbers upon the High-way; fellows by their own Heraldry intitling themselves Gentlemen of the Road. 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera iii. xvi. 75 It is difficult to determine whether (in the fashionable Vices) the fine Gentlemen imitate the Gentlemen of the Road, or the Gentlemen of the Road the fine Gentlemen. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. v. 55 I do not think you are fool enough to make any bones about consorting with gentlemen of the road. 1986 T. Mo Insular Possession xl. 531 Subscribers..should be well advised that when Dick Turpin changes his nom de plume his occupation is still that of gentleman of the road. 2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 July e13 The 18th century saw these ‘gentlemen of the road’ turn into figures of romance. b. A male commercial traveller. Now rare. ΚΠ 1825 La Belle Assemblée Sept. 99/1 A small inn in a small village, little frequented except by those gentlemen of the road who are styled by courtesy commercial ambassadors. 1869 A. Trollope Vicar of Bullhampton v. xxix. 184 They had no coffee room at the Bull, and strangers who came that way were of necessity shown into that in which the gentlemen of the road were wont to relax themselves. 1969 K. Giles Death cracks Bottle viii. 96 ‘A survival of the gentlemen of the road—all little cads in Volks today.’..‘I should say..that Mr Rumly is the best in the business of selling wines.’ c. A man who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant or beggar. ΚΠ 1841 C. G. F. Gore Cecil I. v. 222 The incipient Order that was to supersede the bucks, ruffians, and bang-up gentlemen of the road, so long in possession of the pavé. 1951 O. Duff Shepherd's Cal. (1961) 39 I came with another gentleman of the road to Earnscleugh homestead in Central Otago. 2018 Northern Echo 30 Mar. You don't get as many gentlemen of the road as you once did. P7. gentleman in red: a soldier. Now archaic and rare. ΚΠ 1699 T. Brown Coll. Misc. Poems, Lett. 171 As for her pitching upon a soldier to be her gallant,..the Gentlemen in red..have for several ages been in possession of the Sex. 1774 C. Lee Let. 16 Dec. in E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 513 We gentlemen in red never chose to remember that..the provincials never led the flight. 1825 Morning Post 18 May Those who thought..that neither our Gentlemen in black, nor our Gentlemen in red, ought to be better paid or increased in numbers. 1933 R. Kipling in Strand Feb. 126 I..was a Gentleman in Red When all the Quorn wore woad, Sir. P8. euphemistic. gentleman of fortune: a pirate. Now rare. ΚΠ 1724 ‘C. Johnson’ Gen. Hist. Pyrates x. 163 Roberts saluted him after a friendly manner, telling him, that they were Gentlemen of Fortune, but that their Business with him, was only to be informed which was the richest Ship in that Fleet. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island xxxii. 270 There's seven hundred thousand pound not a quarter of a mile from here. When did ever a gentleman o' fortune show his stern to that much dollars? 2010 Pioneer (India) (Nexis) 11 May These 'gentlemen of fortune' continue to seize new ships and their crews, releasing them for ransom. P9. British. humorous. the (little) gentleman in (black or brown) velvet: a mole. rare.Apparently a Jacobite phrase, referring to the belief that the death of William III was caused by his horse's stumbling over a molehill. ΚΠ 1758 T. Smollett Hist. Eng. (ed. 3) VI. 326 They drank to the health of Sorrel, meaning the horse that fell with the king, and, under the appellation of the little gentleman in velvet, toasted the mole that raised the hill over which the horse had stumbled. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xi. 152 The little gentleman in black velvet who did such service in 1702. View more context for this quotation 1971 Times 16 Dec. 8/8 If you pick up the little gentleman in black velvet, he is liable to bite you, sharply. 2011 Financial Times 19 Nov. 10 How can we control the ‘gentlemen in brown velvet’ now that strychnine is technically banned? P10. gentleman of three outs and variants: a man without the qualities necessary to call himself a gentleman; spec. a man without honour, manners, and money. Also occasionally: a gentleman who has fallen on hard times. Now rare.Cf. to drink the three outs. ΚΠ 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Gentlemen of three outs, i.e. without money, without wit, and without manners. 1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. iv. 64 A gentleman of three outs—‘out of pocket, out of elbows, and out of credit’. 1890 All Year Round 15 Dec. 165/2 In Ireland there are ‘gentlemen of the four outs’—which is to say, persons without wit, without money, without credit, and without manners. 1938 P. Slater Robert Harding iii. 31 Most of your present company are gentlemen of the Three Outs—out at the pocket, out of friends and out at the elbows. P11. gentleman of the press: a male journalist or reporter; frequently in plural.Sometimes ironic or humorous. ΚΠ 1797 Monthly Rev. Jan. 97 Mr. Taplin, whose fame as an ‘equestrian physician’ has subjected him to this unworthy treatment from one of the industrious gentlemen of the press. 1869 All Year Round 10 July 132/1 Defoe was not merely a gentleman of the press.., but a literary genius of the highest rank. 1943 I. Litvinov Moscow Myst. vii. 78 What makes you gentlemen of the press get wind of just what you're not meant to? 2013 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 7 Sept. 84 He is most remembered as an old-school gentleman of the press—calm in a crisis, passionate about local news, tough on editorial accuracy. P12. gentleman of the short staff: a policeman. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1839 W. H. Ainsworth Jack Sheppard I. i. ii. 42 In the language of the gentlemen of the short staff. P13. Originally and chiefly Irish English. the gentleman who pays the rent and variants : a pig. Now rare. ΚΠ 1845 Cork Examiner 7 Nov. No shed for fuel, no pigsty for ‘the gentleman who pays the rent’. 1956 Irish Times 29 Aug. 6/1 Swine fever may assail, perhaps mortally, not only gentlemen who pay the rent, but gentlemen in general. ΚΠ 1885 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 14 Aug. 5/3 Bed bugs..are the disagreeable insects known in modern polite English as ‘Norfolk Howards’, or ‘gentlemen in brown’. 1899 Good Words 40 29/2 The little gentleman in brown on the further side [of the crack in the floor] is endowed with a very keen sense of smell. < as lemmas |
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