单词 | rallier |
释义 | † ralliern.1 Obsolete. A person who engages in banter or mockery. Cf. rally v.2 ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun] > one who banters railleur1655 raillier1663 banterer1678 rallier1678 badineur1734 quiz1797 quizzer1797 queerera1800 smoker1812 persifleur1829 chaffer1851 tease1853 leg-puller1887 josher1899 ragger1903 kibitzer1925 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 44 Ralliers in their Wit, or Drink. 1719 Free-thinker No. 131. 2 A noted Rallier generally delights in Galling the Inoffensive. 1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric I. i. ii. 75 The rallier assumes an air of arguing gravely in defence of that which he actually exposeth as ridiculous. 1796 S. Cullen Castle of Inchvally II. v. 109 I have whim and animal spirits within me not to be rallied even by a female tongue, unless, along with her sex, the rallier has youth and beauty. 1826 in T. Roscoe German Novelists I. 238 Howleglass was..one of the best jokers and ralliers in the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2018). ralliern.2 A person who rallies (someone or something) (in various senses of rally v.1). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > assembling of people or animals > again > one who rallier1837 1837 Proc. & Deb. Convent. Pennsylvania VI. 428 The gentleman was himself a great party leader and rallyer, and it appeared somewhat strange that he should find fault with a caucus. 1878 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 23 Apr. When these things came to be published..there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth among the faithful rallyers ‘around the old flag’. 1904 F. Lynde Grafters i. 11 They..presently found themselves in the thick of the crowd of debarking ralliers. 1957 S. Moss In Track of Speed iv. 49 By the time we joined up with the other ralliers..the event had become a whole instead of a series of independent cavalcades. 1991 Observer 3 Mar. 14/7 In most cases they are simply late rallyers who picked up weapons abandoned by the Iraqis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † rallierv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. = rally v.1 1b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (transitive)] > rally rely?a1400 re-allyc1485 re-enforce1594 retire1596 rally1600 rallier1619 steady1901 1619 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Αρχαιο-πλουτος 564/1 Lysias ralliered together his scattered troopes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.11678n.21837v.1619 |
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