| 单词 | rank rider |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrank rider rank rider n. now historical a person who rides in a rapid, headlong, or reckless manner (also figurative); spec. a highwayman; (Scottish) a moss-trooper. ΚΠ 1580 A. Saker Narbonus 35 These wayfaring trauellers, & rancke riders, on their way towards Vienna. 1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. A4 Those ranck-riders of Art, that haue so spur-gald your lustie wingd Pegasus. a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xi. 38 A good rule for our horse-racers, rank riders, and hot-spurre hunters..to measure their actions by. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Rank-rider, a High-way-man, also a Jockey. 1741 T. Betterton in G. Ogle Canterbury Tales I. 31 Like a rank Rider, pointed Spurs she wore. 1828 Anc. Ballads & Songs of North of Scotl. I. vii Ride on, ride on, ye rank rider, Your steed's baith stout and strang. 1928 D. L. W. Tough Last Years of Frontier xii. 187 The Scots were riding as far as Morpeth as quietly as in Teviotdale, and their rank riders were going in tens and twelves from town to town calling on men to rise. < as lemmas |
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