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单词 prancer
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prancern.

Brit. /ˈprɑːnsə/, /ˈpransə/, U.S. /ˈprænsər/
Forms: see prance v. and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prance v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < prance v. + -er suffix1.
1.
a. A rider (in quot. in figurative context; cf. ride v. 20b). Obsolete. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > one who has intercourse
prancer?1560
fucker1598
poker1880
shag1971
shagger1971
?1560 Playe Robyn Hode in Mery Geste Robyn Hoode sig. H.iiiiv She is a trul of trust to serve a frier at his lust a prycker a prauncer a terer of shetes a wagger of ballockes when other men slepes.
b. colloquial. A mounted soldier; spec. a cavalry officer. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier
horsemanc1275
chevalier1377
roiter1579
prancer1593
cavalier1596
trooper1640
cavalry soldier1852
plunger1854
cavalry man1860
1593 J. Eliot Ortho-epia Gallica viii. 87 See you that fine horesman [sic] there? he is a Prauncer of Ferrara.
1828 C. D'Oyly Tom Raw, Griffin 34 Came you with these lancers, These silvered, gilded, scarlet cossacked prancers?
a1863 W. M. Thackeray White Squall 120 A Prussian captain of Lancers (Those tight-laced, whiskered prancers).
c. cant. A mounted robber; a highwayman; a horse thief. Now historical and rare.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > highwayman > mounted
prancera1640
priggera1640
bridle cull1718
high toby gloak1811
toby-gill1811
tobyman1811
a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. C2v He wo'd be your prigger, your prancer, your high-lawyer.
1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 192 The fifteenth a Prancer, whose courage is small; If they catch him horse-coursing he's noozed for al.
1993 P. Ackroyd House of Dr. Dee (1994) i. 29 It was agreed that we should leave our horses munching upon the grass (in the care of some hired men to ward off the priggers and prancers) and make our way by foot.
2.
a. A spirited or prancing horse; a steed. Now rare.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [noun] > spirited horse
prancer?1566
skit1882
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > for riding > swift steed
blonkOE
steedc1175
a stern steedc1300
prancer?1566
Pacoleta1586
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > leap > horse that leaps or prances
prancer?1566
curvetter1678
leaper1774
jumper1886
?1566 J. Phillips Pacient Grissill (1909) sig. Biv Postinge to and froe, my prauncer fell on his knees.
1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. Cv Where stands this prawncer, in what Inne or stable?
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 280 Then the Captaine..of the Castle of St. Angelo upon a brave prancer.
1730 A. Brice Freedom 9 The jocund Hours which from th'aetherial Stalls of East the harness'd Fiery Prauncers lead.
1788 W. Beckford Spanish Jrnl. 14 Jan. (1954) 315 Infantado and I went a-cavalcading with Ahmed Vassif, whose principal favourites were mounted on Spanish prancers almost hid by enormous Turkish trappings.
1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 151 Thus corporal's guard I've review'd on their prancers.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Sir Launcelot & Queen Guinevere in Poems (new ed.) II. 208 She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings.
1933 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 6 Sept. 6/2 Classes for harness ponies and horses brought high-stepping prancers into the ring.
1979 Policy Rev. (Nexis) Summer 85 If they qualify, the prancers are out of the starting gate on the Kiwanis and Rotary track across the land.
b. cant. Any horse. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun]
horsec825
blonkOE
brockc1000
mareOE
stota1100
caplec1290
foala1300
rouncyc1300
scot1319
caballc1450
jade1553
chival1567
prancer1567
ball1570
pranker1591
roussin1602
wormly1606
cheval1609
sonipes1639
neigher1649
quadruped1660
keffel1699
prad1703
jig1706
hoss1815
cayuse1841
yarraman1848
quad1854
plug1860
bronco1869
gee-gee1869
quadrupedant1870
rabbit1882
gee1887
neddy1887
nanto1889
prod1891
goat1894
skin1918
bang-tail1921
horsy1923
steed-
1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Ciiiv A Prigger of Prauncers be horse stealers, for to prigge signifieth in their language to steale, & a Prauncer is a horse.
a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush v. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Mm4/2 Higgen hath prig'd the prancers in his dayes.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Prancer I spoke with the cull on the cherry coloured prancer, I robbed the man on the black horse.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. xi. 287 I would have thought little to have prigged a prancer from the next common.
3. A person who capers or dances; a dancer. Also: a person who swaggers about; a poseur.
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society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun]
leapera1000
sailour?a1366
tripperc1380
dancerc1440
sallierc1440
hopperc1480
flinger?a1513
foot clapper1620
pranker1628
saltatorya1640
prancer1653
apache dancer1912
hoofer1923
rug-cutter1934
1653 Mercurius Democritus No. 65. 516 With Ribbons why invellop'd? Why such Prancers? Such Types of Puppets, and of Morris-Dancers? With Hiacinths why deckt, as if they were May-poles to be adored all the year?
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxiv. 129 ‘And being moreover forbid’, says the prancer, ‘to enter into the cruel subject.’
1787 Daily Universal Reg. 8 Jan. 2/4 A harlequin genius, cognomine prancer—A fencer, a fidler, a fop, and a dancer.
1876 J. Nicholson Kilwuddie (ed. 3) 131 My fegs, but he's a prancer..Ye ne'er saw sic a dancer.
1915 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 30 Jan. 6/3 A very black picture it was..that he painted of the prancers before the footlights.
1966 Salisbury (Maryland) Times 17 Sept. 8/3 The best prancer about the tables was a large woman in red.
2003 Express (Nexis) 1 Sept. 34 Svelte Candace..wed Charles Askegard, principal prancer for the New York City Ballet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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