单词 | arch-thief |
释义 | arch-thiefn. A first or chief thief; a chief of thieves or (formerly) robbers; spec. Prometheus. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > arch-thief arch-thief1652 1652 News from Lowe Countreys 1 That the Arch-Theef's stolen Fire Did, first, the Thing, call'd Man, inspire. 1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 1082 An Arch-thief or robber. a1805 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 417 That horde of thieves who went to Egypt with that arch-thief, Buonaparte. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < |
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