单词 | in one's defendant |
释义 | > as lemmasin one's defendant † in one's defendant: in one's own defence; in self-defence. Obsolete. [Probably after Middle French en son defendant (although this is apparently first attested later: 1426 or earlier).] ΚΠ c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §572 Whan o man sleeth another in his defendaunt. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 71 Hit was I..that slew this knyght in my defendaunte. < as lemmas |
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