| 单词 | peer-actor |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeer-actor a. Used appositively in the sense ‘that is a peer’ (sense A. 4a), as peer-actor, peer-mayor, etc. ΚΠ 1693 G. Stepney tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires viii. 161 A Peer-Actor [L. mimusnobilis] is no monstrous thing, Since Rome has own'd a Fidler for a King. 1889 Daily News 31 Jan. 3/6 Their peer critic had expressed his willingness [etc.]. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 11 Aug. 1/3 The fashion of Peer Mayors..delights provincial townsfolk and their womenkind. 1901 Daily Tel. 8 July 11/4 Lord Cardigan was the first peer-prisoner to be defended by members of the Bar. < as lemmas |
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