单词 | junker class |
释义 | > as lemmasJunker class General attributive (chiefly in sense 2), as Junker class, Junker party, etc. [In Junker party after German Junkerpartei, derogatory name for the conservative party in Prussia (founded in 1848) and its less formal precursors (1830 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1849 Daily News 14 Nov. 2/1 Behind the ministry there is in fact a more powerful party—the ‘junker’ party. 1865 Spectator 11 Feb. 151 There is in Count Orloff's speech a trace of ‘junker’ feeling. 1879 F. V. Greene Rep. Russ. Army 1877–8 i. iv. 119 Junker Schools.—These are under the direction of the Circumscription Commander. 1914 Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Leader 6 Oct. 6/3 The rule of the Yunker class in Germany with the kaiser at the head. 1916 G. B. Shaw What I really wrote about War (1931) 159 British Junker stupidity. 1920 E. Antonelli Bolshevist Russia i. ii. 35 Some Junker and regimental delegations..received no reply. 1952 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 2 51 The General was in complete agreement with the Junker party. 2014 E. Pugh Archit., Politics, & Identity in Divided Berlin i. 19 It was famously populated with members of the Junker class of politically and socially conservative Prussian landowners. < as lemmas |
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