单词 | meibion glyndwr |
释义 | Meibion Glyndwrn. (The name of) a militant Welsh nationalist organization. Cf. Mebyon Kernow n., Mec Vannin n. ΚΠ 1962 Times 24 Dec. 4/7 A letter, signed by Meibion Glyndwr (the sons of Glyndwr) has been sent to Birmingham Corporation saying that the bottles [of poison] have been buried as a protest against the..proposed reservoir..in the Clywedog valley. 1981 Western Mail 7 Feb. 1/3 A group calling themselves, Meibion Glyndwr, Sons of Glyndwr—have claimed responsibility for this week's arson attack on a..motor cruiser owned by an Englishman. 1988 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 Mar. a4/3 Remarkably, no one has been seriously injured, and not much is known beyond the band's name, Meibion Glyndwr, the Sons of Glyndwr named after Owain Glyndwr, a 15th-century Welsh firebrand. 1990 P. Catterall Contemp. Brit. 459 1989 completed a decade since the arson attacks in Wales, largely attributed to Meibion Glyndwr, had first occurred. 1999 Independent (Electronic ed.) 2 Apr. 6 Meibion Glyndwr (‘Sons of Glendower’), the clandestine firebombers credited with attacking more than 200 holiday homes in the 1980s..were never caught. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1962 |
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