单词 | propugnator |
释义 | propugnatorn. Now rare. = propugner n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager > and stoutly defends champion138. propugnatorc1429 propugner1593 stickler1607 white knight1628 hyperaspist1638 stiff-stander1642 sticker-up1832 storm troops1918 storm trooper1935 c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 1297 (MED) Sho offrid a son to be for the Jewes propugnatoure. a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 2249 (MED) Nature or art assureth a Citee..if the lond shalbe propugnatour, A mountayne or a clyef, a cragge, a rok Sette it vppon, and saf it is fro strok. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 3 Of them that hes been propungnatours for the libertee of ther cuntre. 1648 King's Gracious Messages for Peace 73 The erectors and propugnators of the Presbyterian Discipline in Scotland. 1678 V. Alsop Sober Inquirie i. i. 40 The Pelagians..who being the great oppugners of the Grace of God, must needs hate him who was its great Propugnator. 1718 I. Sharpe Hist. Acct. Rise & Growth Heresie 41 For new Hereticks, most bitter Propugnators of those Blasphemies, continued in Transylvania. 1792 E. Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 42 One of my father's earliest and most able propugnators. 1861 Littell's Living Age 16 Mar. 662/2 The propugnators who stepped with many apologies out of the ranks, urged by the greatness of the issue, to defend the vital cause of honest subscription. 1895 Ramsay in M. R. L. Bryce Mem. John Veitch (1896) 136 The sturdy, uncompromising propugnator of any question which he took up. 1980 Winterthur Portfolio 15 186/2 The Society for Industrial Archeology..has published an excellent newsletter (edited by Robert Vogel, another propugnator of the field). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1429 |
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