| 单词 | grand or great falconer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGrand or †Great Falconer 2. A keeper and trainer of hawks. Also, as an official designation, Grand or †Great Falconer. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > falconer > [noun] > keeper or trainer of hawks falconerc1440 accipitrary1633 under-falconer1660 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 152 Fawkenere [ Pynson fawconer], falconarius. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 563 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 317 The chaunceler answeres..For ȝomen, faukeners, and hor horsyng. 1539 Act 31 Hen. VIII c. 12 Some of his graces fauconers. 1619 R. Boyle Diary (1886) I. 226 I sent..a caste of marlyns..by his own ffawlconer. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4711/2 The great Faulkner prepared a curious Artificial Firework for their Entertainment. 1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 24 The Emperor of China in his sporting excursions..is usually attended by his grand falconer. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. vii. v. 210 Behind him came his falconer and bard. < as lemmas |
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