单词 | orangist |
释义 | † orangistn.1 Obsolete. rare. A cultivator of oranges. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > [noun] > one who > specific fruit melonist1667 orangist1693 prune rancher1908 rhubarber1917 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Dict. in Compl. Gard'ner sig. Biv Orangist, is a Gard'ner that cultivates Oranges, or any person that understands and delights in the Culture of them. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Direct. conc. Melons 4 in Compl. Gard'ner I use the Word..Oringist, for the Gard'ner pretending to the Culture of Orange-Trees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021). Orangistn.2 1. A supporter of the House of Orange in the Netherlands. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics of other European countries > [noun] > partisans in Dutch politics Gueux1624 cardinalist1650 stadholderian1789 Orangist1848 1797 T. W. Tone Writings (2009) III. 116 It seems the pilots here are all Orangists. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 371 An Orangist movement which broke out in Ghent was attributed to the English ambassador. 1942 Econ. Hist. Rev. 12 90 With the Dutch ruling class divided into two camps, the pro-English Orangists and the pro-French Patriots, it would be interesting to know whether a stake in the British Funds normally went with Orangist leanings. 1987 M. S. Anderson Europe in Eighteenth Cent. (ed. 3) 162 The result throughout this period [in Holland] was a continuous struggle between republican and Orangist groups. 2. A person who espouses Protestant political principles and the Protestant cause, esp. in Northern Ireland; = Orangeman n.1 ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > societies or associations > members of hougher1712 white boys1762 Steel boy1772 defender1788 United Irishman1791 Orangeman1796 marksman1800 Thresher1806 marchman1814 Orangist1822 Rockite1824 Brunswicker1828 Terry Alt1831 whitefoot1831 Repeal Warden1841 Young Irelander1844 Fenian1864 Land-leaguer1878 invincible1883 leaguer1892 Provie1972 1822 Examiner 29 Dec. 817/1 The Irish Orangists. 1836 Southern Literary Messenger 2 641/1 His new piety does not prevent his being a most furious Orangist, ever ready, if permitted, to sacrifice to his monarch a magnificent hetacomb of Irish Catholics. 1995 Beaver June–July 31/1 Organizing an ‘armed’ immigration to ‘swamp’ the Métis..would quickly become the principal strategy of Canada First and the Orangists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11693n.21797 |
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