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单词 hanover
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Hanovern.

/ˈhanəʊvə//haˈnəʊfə/
Etymology: < the name of Hanover (German Hannover), a North German town, the capital of a region of the same name, formerly an Electorate of the Empire, later a province of Prussia.In 1714 the Elector of Hanover became King George I of England.
1. go to Hanover = begone, be off (cf. go to Hexham, Bath, Jericho ); so to send to, wish at Hanover.
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1727 J. Gay Ballad on Quadrille x, in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. 201 And now, God save this noble Realm, And God save eke Hanover; And God save those who hold the Helm, When as the King goes over.
2. what the Hanover, an expression of irritation or impatience. dialect or colloquial.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > expression of irritation [interjection]
when1592
pshaw1607
que voulez-vous1841
psht1868
what the Hanover1902
gah1917
give me strength1923
for crying out loud1924
1902 Eng. Dial. Dict. III. 56/2 What the Hanover do I care about it?
1914 D. H. Lawrence Prussian Officer & Other Stories 223What the Hanover's got you?’ asked Whiston. ‘Nothing. Can't I get up?’
1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow i. 20 He went home..wondering What the Hanover!

Derivatives

Hanoverian adj. and n. /hænəʊˈvɪərɪən/ (a) adj. of or relating to Hanover or the House of Hanover; (b) n. an inhabitant of Hanover; also, an adherent of the House of Hanover.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [adjective] > parts of Germany
Suevical1560
Swevical1560
Prussian1565
Suevian1574
Thuringian1607
Franconian1608
Suevic1638
High German1640
Saxonic1647
Saxon1654
Swabian1684
Saxonian1761
Hanoverian1775
Low German1808
East German1849
West German1850
West German1946
Balt1954
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Hanoverian, belonging to Hanover..A native of Hanover.
1828 T. B. Macaulay Hallam's Constit. Hist. in Edinb. Rev. Sept. 130 Like William and the princes of the Hanoverian line.
1869 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Gleanings I. 37 It became manifest that the law of the Hanoverian succession would be respected.
Hanoverianized adj. Obsolete made Hanoverian.
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1744 London Mag. 649 Our Hanovranised Ministers here.
Hanoverize v. Obsolete (transitive) to make Hanoverian; intransitive to become Hanoverian.
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a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) III. 179 Sir John Philipps reproached Pitt with Hanoverizing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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