单词 | rajkumar |
释义 | Rajkumarn. (a) In North India: a member of a class of landowners and agriculturalists. (b) In India: a person of princely rank; a prince; also as a title. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > prince > Indian prince Rajkumar1789 1789 J. Duncan Let. 26 Apr. in E. Moor Hindu Infanticide (1811) i. 1 The first class is the tribe of Ràj-kumar, who deduce their descent from Raja Pit'haura. 1836 Missionary Herald (Boston) Sept. 363/1 It is thought to be founded among the Rajkumar tribe. 1892 R. Kipling & W. Balestier Naulahka xx. 240 I am myself a Raj Kumar, and I would go to the Raj Kumar College, where they train the sons of princes to become kings. 1897 Times 9 June 6/1 A Court and Livery dinner was given last night... Among those present were..Umaid Singh (Rajkumar of Shahpura)..and Mr. E. H. Burkitt. 1955 Earl Winterton Fifty Tumultuous Years 57 Our party being accommodated in what was normally the house of the Raj-Kumar, the son and heir of the Maharana. 1971 R. G. Fox Kin, Clan, Raja, & Rule ii. 34 No matter how many separate stratified lineages evolve, they will probably retain with great tenacity their identification as Rajkumars. 1993 V. Seth Suitable Boy (1994) vi. 370 Within half an hour of meeting the Rajkumar of Marh and drinking a fair amount of whisky, Maan had spilt out all his troubles on his shoulder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1789 |
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