| 单词 | people's friend |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeople's friend people's friend n. (chiefly with the) a person, organization, etc., (esp. a politician or ruler) considered as having the interests of the public at heart (in earlier use, not always a fixed compound). ΚΠ 1661 T. Ross tr. Silius Italicus Second Punick War ii. 28 Publicola,..(as his name imports) the People's Friend. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame iv, in Wks. (1757) I. 110 The Crown's asserter, and the People's friend. 1801 J. B. Burges Richard I II. 90 Here the Defender of your Rights I stand,..As the People's Friend. 1869 A. Trollope Phineas Finn I. xxx. 249 Now's the time to do it, and show yourself a people's friend. 1962 Times 23 July 9/4 The D.M.K. will now be able to present itself as the people's friend in the fight against inflation as well as for a sovereign Dravidian state. 1990 European 11 May 16/1 At the time of the French Revolution, the leaders were all lawyers, from the incorruptible Robespierre to the people's friend Danton. < as lemmas |
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