light-bobn.

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪtbɒb/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪtˌbɑb/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.¹, Bob n.⁷

Etymology: < light adj.¹ + Bob n.⁷, after light infantry n.

British colloquial.

(A nickname for) a soldier in a light infantry company. Also in plural with the and capital initial: (a nickname for) a particular regiment of the light infantry. Cf. Bob n.⁷ Now chiefly historical.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun]

spahi1562

legionnaire1595

strelitz1603

Croat1623

deli1667

Croatian1700

lancer1712

highlander1725

lambs1744

royals1762

light-bob1778

fly-slicer1785

Life Guardsman1785

royals?1795

Hottentot1796

yeoman1798

pandour1800

Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811

forty-two man1816

kilty1842

Zouave1848

bumblerc1850

Inniskilliner1853

blue cap1857

turco1860

Zou-Zou1860

mudlark1878

king's man1883

Johnny1888

Piffer1892

evzone1897

horse gunner1897

dink1906

army ranger1910

grognard1912

Jock1914

chocolate soldier1915

Cook's tourist1915

dinkum1916

Anzaca1918

choc1917

ranger1942

Chindit1943

Desert Rat1944

Green Beret1949

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > foot-soldier > types of

kern1351

brigand?a1400

yeomana1400

peltast1600

miquelet1670

appointee1728

hoplite1728

light-bob1778

askar1826

zephyr1847

dough1909

1778 F. Downman Jrnl. (modernized text) 24 Feb. in F. A. Whinyates Services Lieut.-col. F. Downman (1898) ii. iii. 56 In the night about 11 o'clock the two battalions of light bobs embarked in flat boats, went down the river, and landed at Billing's Port on the Jersey shore.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 618 Our active light-bobs, and our bold grenadiers.

a1830 W. Surtees Twenty-five Years in Rifle Brigade (1833) i. 4 I felt not a little proud at my advancement..to be made a light-bob.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxiv. 207 Mr. Stubble, as may be supposed from his size and slenderness, was of the Light Bobs.

1944 Daily Mail 25 Feb. 3/7 The Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the ‘Light Bobs’) have seen hard fighting with the Fifth Army since the Salerno landing.

2007 M. Urban Fusiliers 119 When the Light Bobs crested Birmingham Hill, they got a shock, for there, just a few score yards in front of them, were revealed new brigades of American troops, moving to the attack.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	light-bob
释义	light-bobn. Brit. /ˈlʌɪtbɒb/, U.S. /ˈlaɪtˌbɑb/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.¹, Bob n.⁷ Etymology: < light adj.¹ + Bob n.⁷, after light infantry n. British colloquial. (A nickname for) a soldier in a light infantry company. Also in plural with the and capital initial: (a nickname for) a particular regiment of the light infantry. Cf. Bob n.⁷ Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun] spahi1562 legionnaire1595 strelitz1603 Croat1623 deli1667 Croatian1700 lancer1712 highlander1725 lambs1744 royals1762 light-bob1778 fly-slicer1785 Life Guardsman1785 royals?1795 Hottentot1796 yeoman1798 pandour1800 Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811 forty-two man1816 kilty1842 Zouave1848 bumblerc1850 Inniskilliner1853 blue cap1857 turco1860 Zou-Zou1860 mudlark1878 king's man1883 Johnny1888 Piffer1892 evzone1897 horse gunner1897 dink1906 army ranger1910 grognard1912 Jock1914 chocolate soldier1915 Cook's tourist1915 dinkum1916 Anzaca1918 choc1917 ranger1942 Chindit1943 Desert Rat1944 Green Beret1949 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > foot-soldier > types of kern1351 brigand?a1400 yeomana1400 peltast1600 miquelet1670 appointee1728 hoplite1728 light-bob1778 askar1826 zephyr1847 dough1909 1778 F. Downman Jrnl. (modernized text) 24 Feb. in F. A. Whinyates Services Lieut.-col. F. Downman (1898) ii. iii. 56 In the night about 11 o'clock the two battalions of light bobs embarked in flat boats, went down the river, and landed at Billing's Port on the Jersey shore. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 618 Our active light-bobs, and our bold grenadiers. a1830 W. Surtees Twenty-five Years in Rifle Brigade (1833) i. 4 I felt not a little proud at my advancement..to be made a light-bob. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxiv. 207 Mr. Stubble, as may be supposed from his size and slenderness, was of the Light Bobs. 1944 Daily Mail 25 Feb. 3/7 The Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the ‘Light Bobs’) have seen hard fighting with the Fifth Army since the Salerno landing. 2007 M. Urban Fusiliers 119 When the Light Bobs crested Birmingham Hill, they got a shock, for there, just a few score yards in front of them, were revealed new brigades of American troops, moving to the attack. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1778
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