单词 | maillotin |
释义 | Maillotinn. French History. A member of a group of insurgents who, armed with lead maces, led a riot in Paris in 1382 against King Charles VI's imposition of a new tax on trade. ΚΠ 1794 W. Beckford Hist. France III. xxxiii. 103 Armed with leaden mallets, from whence they were styled Maillotins, they pillaged, and destroyed the city. 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 410/2 The insurgents [in Paris], from the weapon with which they armed themselves, took the name of Maillotins. 1887 H. C. Lea Hist. Inquisition Middle Ages II. ii. 129 He was thence conveyed to a dungeon in the episcopal prison, where he lay until 1382, when the insurrection of the Maillotins occurred. 1931 J. W. Thompson Econ. & Social Hist. Europe in Later Middle Ages xvii. 409 Militia of the corps des métiers patrolled the streets with arms under command of their captains of fifty and their captains of twelve and disarmed the maillotins. 1998 C. Higgett tr. J. Favier Gold & Spices xv. 293 The circumstances of the ‘Maillotin’ uprising are well known, the rioting having been sparked in the Halles district by the introduction of a few deniers in tax on a bunch of watercress. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1794 |
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