| 单词 | prince expectant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprince expectant a. Expected or expecting to take up a position, office, etc. Occasionally as postmodifier, with preceding word specifying the office, as earl expectant, prince expectant, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] > of a position expectanta1393 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 1712 (MED) As he that tho was apparant Upon the Regne and expectant. 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 30 Sept. (1855) 57 The supplicatioun presentit by Johne Somervaill, expectant minister. 1661 H. Puleston Monarchiæ Britannicæ Singularis Protectio 24 Nor will this Edward..await anothers leasure, and prove expectant of a Crown in reversion, but immediately assumes it by the actual deposing of King Henry. 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 319 The Earl expectant had somehow linked together the ideas of pleasure and pretty-girl-hood. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Calderon i. 5 A pious Catholic, expectant of the cardinal's hat. 1885 J. C. Ridpath Cycl. Universal Hist. II. i. 193/2 The ambassadors found their prince expectant netting finches in a valley near the Hartz. 1886 Law Times 82 94/2 An expectant occupier has a locus standi to apply for the renewal of a public-house licence. 1913 Minutes 35th Gen. Conf. Free Baptists 60 Scarcely any one can keep track of our expectant ministers. 2003 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 2 Nov. 14 In a week he has gone from..shadow chancellor to expectant leader of the opposition. < as lemmas |
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