单词 | history-maker |
释义 | > as lemmashistory-maker history-maker n. (a) a writer of a history (rare); (b) a person who influences the course of history or does something spectacular or worthy of remembrance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > others micklea1300 personagec1485 Triton1589 Jovian1598 gallimaufry1600 lords of creation1649 man of destiny1827 mugwump1828 man of the moment1837 history-maker1848 1733 N. Salmon Lives Eng. Bishops iii. 215 Ferguson, of plotting memory, has spoke the Sense of his brother History-makers. 1848 Hogg's Weekly Instructor New Ser. 1 397/2 Men who may be termed the history-makers—men who have stood out in bold relief from their fellows, and have rendered their nations famous through their own individual activities. 2010 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 28 Sept. b1 Those were days when you saw little of the history-makers beyond black-and-white photos in a newspaper or grainy highlights on TV. < as lemmas |
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