单词 | martyress |
释义 | martyressn. A female martyr. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > martyrdom > [noun] > one who undergoes > female martyress?1473 martyrago1654 ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 53 Alas my fader am I born vnder so vnhappy constellacion for to be a marteresse and prisonner. 1601 R. Verstegan Odes 59 Anastatia A martres and a wyf. 1601 R. Verstegan Odes 60 This glorious martres [sc. Affra]. 1678 Festa Anglo-Romana 125 St. Lucia..Unspotted Virgin, and Resolute Martyress. 1765 D. Garrick Let. 4 May (1963) II. 457 She underwent, like any of her own papistical Martyresses, various violent operations. 1840 G. Darley Thomas à Becket v. xv. 142 'Tis but the statued form Of a young Martyress. 1991 Representations Summer 148 Jiang He's ‘Unfinished Poem’..depicts Zhang Zhixin, a revolutionary martyress who was imprisoned, tortured, and finally executed during the Cultural Revolution for openly challenging Mao's ideology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1473 |
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