单词 | liberty man |
释义 | liberty mann. 1. Also with capital initial(s). A person who supports or fights for liberty or liberation, esp. an American revolutionary; (U.S. Politics) a supporter of the Liberty Party. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > other parties > members or adherents of liberty man1705 monocrat1792 federal1796 National Republican1828 rummy1840 Native American1844 free-soiler1848 know-nothing1853 soft1853 tea partier2009 1705 J. Hodges War betwixt Two Brit. Kingdoms 133 The numbers and Force of so many strong Conjunctions, supported by the whole Nation, Courage, Hardiness, and Native Boldness of the Scots, in respect of one single Party of Liberty-Men in England. 1774 T. Hutchinson Let. 6 Feb. in Diary & Lett. (1883) I. iv. 111 They..think that some of the highest Liberty men begin to see they have carried the matter too far with respect to the Consignees. 1847 National Era 13 May 2 There is a national committee appointed to call a convention, and we doubt not every Liberty man and editor will cheerfully respond to their decision. 1883 New-Eng. Hist. & Geneal. Reg. 37 56 He was an earnest Liberty man, and took an active part in the deliberations and measures adopted at town meetings prior to and during Revolutionary times. 1993 K. E. Holland Braund Deerskins & Duffels (1996) ix. 165 Liberty men from South Carolina fitted out three privateers, each armed with eighteen guns, and seized inbound vessels from London. 2006 D. L. Lightner Slavery & Commerce Power vi. 115 It would be wrong to assert that the abolition of the interstate slave trade was the preeminent political objective of the Liberty men. 2. Nautical. A sailor having leave to go ashore. Cf. liberty n.1 3c. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > person(s) at leisure > sailor liberty man1758 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > one who goes ashore > sailor allowed to go ashore liberty man1758 liberty boy1826 Jack ashore1834 1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 18 Such liberty-men..shall..forfeit all benefit from their liberty ticket. 1834 Metropolitan Apr. 140/2 It was a long while before we could pick up the liberty men, who were reeling about every corner of the town. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 9 Pinnaces are the boats usually selected for..carrying working parties, liberty men, &c. 1909 Daily Chron. 25 Feb. 1/6 The packet boats which convey the ‘liberty’ men to Chatham after the day's routine. 1964 R. Braddon Year Angry Rabbit xii. 110 A few hundred liberty men on each side.., their flights delayed by bad weather, returned to the firing line too late. 2002 N. Stewart Royal Navy & Palestine Patrol viii. 60 Liberty-men had to keep in pairs and officers ashore carried small arms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1705 |
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