| 单词 | gentleman-at-large |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgentleman-at-large 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’. < as lemmas |
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