单词 | queenite |
释义 | Queeniten. Now chiefly historical. A supporter or partisan of a queen; spec. (in the 19th cent.) (a) a supporter of Queen Caroline against George IV; (b) a supporter of Queen Isabella of Spain against Don Carlos; (c) a Maori loyal to Queen Victoria rather than to the Maori king. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > supporter of Queen Caroline Queenite1820 society > authority > rule or government > politics > Spanish politics > [noun] > supporter of Queen Isabella Queenite1820 1820 Let. 31 Oct. in J. Jekyll Corr. (1894) iii. 106 Fourteen at table..mixed of Queenites and Anti-Queenites. 1837 J. Richardson Brit. Legion (ed. 2) v. 132 The inhabitants of Vitoria are infinitely more Carlists than Queenites. 1859 Duke of Buckingham & Chandos Mem. Court George IV I. 87 Theodore Hook..made the respectable portion of the Queenites heartily ashamed of their cause. 1861 Otago Witness (Dunedin, N.Z.) 6 Apr. 6 Karapama Te Kapukai (kingite) stood up and upbraided the kingites for turning away from them... Napai Tarratoa (queenite) stood up and said,..‘You have chosen a king, I have chosen a church, a queen, and a governor.’ 1986 J. Belich N.Z. Wars 211 The kupapa, Maoris fighting on the British side, were variously known as ‘loyalists’, ‘Queenites’, and ‘the friendly natives’. 2006 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 19 Aug. (Review section) 12 In August 1820, George put her on trial for adultery... England split into Queenites and Kingsmen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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