单词 | god save the queen ! |
释义 | > as lemmasGod save the Queen (also King)! a. Used in expressions (esp. ones invoking God) of loyalty to or approbation of a monarch or other ruler, as God save the Queen (also King)!: may God protect and preserve the queen (or king).The song God Save the Queen (or King) is customarily used as the national anthem of the United Kingdom (and is also used in several other Commonwealth realms as a royal or alternative national anthem). Quot. 1744 is taken from the earliest published version to resemble closely the modern anthem. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > applaud [verb (transitive)] > expression of loyalty to monarch God save the Queen (also King)!c1300 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 755 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 128 ‘Sire king,’ he seide, ‘god þe loke and saui þi dignite!’ c1367 in F. C. Haydon Eulogium Historiarum sive Temporis (1863) III. 87 (MED) Godde saue the kyng [c1350 Giraldus Cambrensis De Principis Instructione Liber God houlde dhe, cuning]. c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) l. 811 Þus Dindimus þe dere king enditeþ his sonde And God bysecheþ to save þe soveraine prinse. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. xvi. 16 He sayde vnto Absalom: God saue the kynge. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. iii. sig. Mjv Aue rex, or god saue your royall maiestie. 1558 Procl. in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. ii. App. i. 389 God save the quene. a1627 J. Beaumont Bosworth-field (1629) 9 Some with loud shouting, make the valleyes ring, But most with murmur sigh: God saue the King. 1685 Coronation Order of Jas. II in L. G. Wickham Legge Eng. Coronation Rec. (1901) 293 The Recognition... The People signify their Willingness, and Joy, by loud and repeated Acclamations; crying out, God save King James. 1744 Thesaurus Musicus I. 22 God save our Lord the King... Send him Victorious, happy and Glorious, Long to reign over us. 1777 J. Odell Birth Day Song in London Mag. Nov. 579/1 Though faction by falsehood awhile may prevail, And loyalty suffers a captive in jail, Britain is rouz'd, rebellion is falling: God save the King! 1807 Mr. Redhead Yorke's Weekly Polit. Rev. 4 Apr. 259 Though the writer insidiously pretends to cry ‘God save the king’, it is evident that..his real meaning is ‘God save Buonaparte’. 1838 ‘L. Redivivus’ Paradise Lost 8 No longer was he heard to sing, Like loyal subs, ‘God Save the King!’ 1894 ‘M. O'Rell’ John Bull & Co. xxxviii. 318 If..any singer took it into his head to sing ‘God save the President of the Boer Republic’, I guarantee that there would be no objection raised to it. 1910 R. Sabatini Mistress Wilding xiii. 172 One group sent up a shout of ‘God save the Protestant Duke!’ as they rode past him. 1953 Times 3 June 38/4 All the people in the church shouted in acclamation:—‘God save Queen Elizabeth. Long live Queen Elizabeth. May the Queen live for ever.’ 2008 Bournemouth Echo (Nexis) 14 Dec. The Militia's display and final rousing shouts of God Save the Queen was a good end to a ‘fantastic’ day. < as lemmas |
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