| 单词 | knight of the road |
| 释义 | > as lemmasknight of the road knight of the road n. (a) a highwayman or (Australian) bushranger; = gentleman of the road at gentleman n. Phrases 6 (now historical); (b) a commercial traveller; (c) a tramp; (d) the driver of a lorry, taxicab, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > highwayman routerc1300 malandryna1438 stradarolle1562 highpad1567 highway robber1577 way-beatera1586 lance-man1589 high lawyer1591 St. Nicholas' clerk1598 outrider1599 bidstand1600 land-pirate1608 highwayman1617 pad1652 knight of the road1665 rum-padder1665 paddist1671 rum pad1688 pad-thief1690 gentleman (also squire) of the pad1700 snaffler1728 gentleman1778 scamp1782 scampsman1799 bandolero1832 ladrone1832 Spring-heeled Jack1838 road agent1840 agent1876 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > commercial traveller rideout1752 rider1752 outrider1762 traveller1790 commercial traveller1807 bagman1808 town traveller1808 commis voyageur1825 roundman1827 drummer1828 travelling salesman1833 bag woman1845 commercial1861 fieldman1875 outride1879 roundsman1884 knight of the road1889 representative1918 sales representative1949 sales rep1959 rep1973 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp harlot?c1225 raikera1400 vacabond1404 vagrant1444 gangrela1450 briber?c1475 palliard1484 vagabondc1485 rogue1489 wavenger1493 hermit1495 gaberlunzie1508 knight of the field1508 loiterer1530 straggler1530 runagate1534 ruffler1535 hedge-creeper1548 Abraham man1567 cursitor1567 runner1567 walker1567 tinker1575 traveller1598 Tartar1602 stravagant1606 wagand1614 Circumcellion1623 meechera1625 hedge-bird1631 gaberlunzie man1649 tramp1664 stroller1681 jockey1685 bird of passage1717 randy1724 tramper1760 stalko1804 vagabondager1813 rintherout1814 piker1838 pikey1838 beachcomber1840 roadster1851 vagabondizer1860 roustabout1862 bum1864 migratory1866 potter1867 sundowner1868 vag1868 walkabout1872 transient1877 Murrumbidgee whaler1878 rouster1882 run-the-hedge1882 whaler1883 shaughraun1884 heather-cat1886 hobo1889 tussocker1889 gay cat1893 overlander1898 stake-man1899 stiff1899 bindle-stiff1900 dingbat1902 stew-bum1902 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 skipper1925 Strandlooper1927 knight of the road1928 hobohemian1936 plain turkey1955 scrub turkey1955 derro1963 jakey1988 crusty1990 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. sig. Ff3v An Oath, which every young Thief must observe..at his investation into the honour of one of the Knights of the Road. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Knight of the Road, the chief Highwayman best Mounted and Armed. 1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine in Fraser's Mag. July 103/2 [We] found ourselves regular knights of the road, before we knew where we were almost. 1889 J. Burnley Romance Mod. Industry 317 Customers used to come out miles upon summer evenings to meet the ‘knights of the road’,..and the old travellers on their part would spend two or three days with some of their clients. 1891 Braidwood Disp. 14 Jan. 2/5 The liberated bushranger..will revisit the scenes of some of his former exploits during his career as ‘knight of the road’. 1912 J. Bradshaw Highway Robbery under Arms (ed. 3) 7 The bushranger's song was called for immediately. The young knight of the road cleared his throat. 1928 Sunday Express 12 Feb. 11/4 Secrets of the Commercial Traveller's Bag. By John S. Banks, for twenty years a ‘Knight of the Road’. 1928 Daily Express 8 Aug. 3/5 If something of this spirit could be instilled into the regular ‘knights of the road’, if they could be inspired with some notion of the dignity of work and the shame of alms-taking. 1971 R. Reisner Graffiti vi. 82 Truck drivers are notorious for their..loudly expressed admiration for women. They are true knights of the road. 1974 L. Deighton Spy Story ii. 20 Finally some knight of the road deigned to do a Gloucester Road to Fulham. 1996 F. R. Prassel Great American Outlaw 40 The so-called knights of the road gained prominence during the Cromwellian Protectorate and were frequently pictured as disillusioned former royalist officers. < as lemmas |
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