单词 | bermudian |
释义 | Bermudiann.adj. A. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Bermuda; a descendant of people from Bermuda.Formerly a British colony, Bermuda is now a British Overseas Territory. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of West Indies > [noun] > specific islands Jamaican1613 Bermudian1645 Bermudan1659 Barbadian1671 Anguillan1745 Anguillian1745 Guadeloupean1762 Antiguan1778 Grenadian1786 Haitian1805 Trinidadian1806 St Lucian1818 Puerto Rican1823 Dominican1826 Grenadan1826 Barbudian1830 Bajan1832 Bim1833 Little Englander1833 Tobagonian1849 Cuban1850 Virgin Islander1852 Tortolan1863 Martiniquais1890 Martiniquan1891 Vincentian1907 Guadeloupan1908 Barbadian English1911 Trinidadian English1925 Kittitian1945 Bajie1960 Kittian1960 Trini1972 yardie1984 yardie1986 Baje1990 1645 E. Waller Wks. 57 Her oyly side devoures blade and heft And there his Steel the bold Bermudian left. 1821 G. R. Gleig Narr. Campaigns Brit. Army vi. 73 You may perhaps consider me as too severe upon the Bermudians. 1985 B. Burland Love is Durable Fire vii. 184 Isn't it strange the way you can recognize people—I mean as Bermudians? 2017 CANA News (Nexis) 5 Jan. We need stability, not just to maintain jobs but to create new jobs for Bermudians. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels from specific country or region > [noun] > from other specific countries or regions Frenchman1473 Spaniard1537 Easterling1563 Flemingc1595 Levantisco1597 Burgundian1601 Irishman1645 Japanner1719 Bermudian1769 American1782 Swede1799 Australian1850 Liberian1971 1769 G. Washington Diary 26 June (1976) II. 160 Measuring salt from a Bermudian. 1777 J. Adams Let. in Lett. & Papers Copley & Pelham (1917) Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. LXXII. 313 Many french Vessells have arrived there, some Bermudians, and some of their own. 1781 Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. XIII. 228 Vessels now in port or Bermudians with salt. b. A Bermuda-rigged vessel. See Bermuda rig n. at Bermuda n. Compounds 2b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > with specific rig > fore and aft rigged > Bermudian-rigged Bermuda sloop1687 Bermudian1840 1840 Commerc. Jrnl. & Advertiser (Sydney) 9 May (advt.) A beautiful model of a Bermudian, Mast, Sails, and Rigging complete. 1895 Boy's Own Paper XVII. 429/3 One of the Manchester boats being a schooner and another a Bermudian. 1965 H. I. Chapelle Baltimore Clipper iii. 46 Vessels built on these lines were known in the Royal Navy as ‘Bermudians’... The ‘Bermudians’ were very fast. 2008 M. Peyton Floating Assets xi. 87 The idea of a gaff sail with a top sail appealed, it would almost double the sail area of the Bermudian and, when necessary, I could always reef. B. adj. 1. Of, belonging to, or relating to Bermuda or Bermudians. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > West Indies > [adjective] > specific islands or countries Bermudan1625 Jamaican1670 Bermudian1681 Antillean1738 Guadeloupean1762 Dominican1766 Grenadian1772 Bajan1789 Trinidadian1809 Haitian1811 Tortolan1819 Cuban1829 St Lucian1831 Dominican1844 Puerto Rican1865 Vincentian1902 Bajie1921 Martiniquan1926 Santo Domingan1934 Guadeloupan1941 Kittitian1958 Baje1973 Trini1973 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of West Indies > [adjective] > specific islands Bermudan1625 Jamaican1670 Bermudian1681 Barbadian1692 Guadeloupean1762 Dominican1766 Anguillian1779 Antiguan1781 Bajan1789 Anguillan1806 Trinidadian1809 Puerto Rican1865 Tobagonian1882 Grenadan1886 Barbudian1890 Bajie1921 Guadeloupan1941 onion1951 Kittitian1958 Kittian1960 Nassauvian1961 Baje1973 Trini1973 yardie1986 1681 M. Godwyn Suppl. to Negro’s & Indian’s Advocate 7 Till such a Law may be obtained, the Bermudian Caution of Indentures for ninty-nine Years Service might be used, that is, if they think their own Laws not sufficient. 1803 A. Ellicott Jrnl. x. 287 Bermudian mulberry, (callicarpa americana). 1915 C. P. Lucas Brit. Emp. 163 The little Bermudian Assembly is..the oldest Parliamentary institution in the British Empire outside the United Kingdom. 2002 A. Barry Endangered Species 52 Do you know who was a major investor in Bermudian banks before 1994? 2. Designating a part of a Bermuda rig or a vessel fitted with a Bermuda rig. See Bermuda rig n. at Bermuda n. Compounds 2b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [adjective] > rigged > in specific ways lateen1540 high-riggeda1547 tall1548 well-rigged1577 under-sailed1599 over-rigged1627 schooner-rigged1769 sloop-rigged1769 ketch-rigged1775 spritsail1791 brig-rigged1796 square-rigged1802 ship-rigged1803 taunt-rigged1825 Bermudian-rigged1846 Bermudian1847 maphrodite1849 bark-rigged1858 butter-rigged1881 jackass rigged1883 1847 Mechanics' Mag. 14 Aug. 154/2 A Bermudian mainsail of higher hoist. 1953 ‘N. Shute’ In Wet 92 She's a Bermudian cutter, five and a half ton. 2011 D. D. Adkins Dorade iv. 23 The tendency of some designers to position the Bermudian mast too far forward created overly large mainsails. Compounds Bermudian rig n. a fore-and-aft rig with tall, triangular sails, now commonly used on yachts; = Bermuda rig n. at Bermuda n. Compounds 2b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > [noun] > arrangement of masts sails > types of Bermudian rig1827 Bermuda rig1829 shoulder of mutton rig1831 Bermudan rig1863 cat-rig1867 square-rig1875 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > mainsail > specific type of Bermudian rig1827 1827 Australian 2 May Lieutenant Preston, in the Black Swan, Bermudian rig, came in foremost, right before the wind. 1928 Observer 15 Apr. 29/5 The 12-metre yachts..with a Bermudian rig of moderate area, can be sailed efficiently with four paid hands. 1994 T. C. Gillmer Hist. Working Watercraft (ed. 2) vi. 257/1 The Bermudian rig..is similar only in the triangular shape of its sail to that of a Bahama sloop and very approximately so at that. Bermudian-rigged adj. fitted with a Bermuda rig (see Bermuda rig n. at Bermuda n. Compounds 2b). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [adjective] > rigged > in specific ways lateen1540 high-riggeda1547 tall1548 well-rigged1577 under-sailed1599 over-rigged1627 schooner-rigged1769 sloop-rigged1769 ketch-rigged1775 spritsail1791 brig-rigged1796 square-rigged1802 ship-rigged1803 taunt-rigged1825 Bermudian-rigged1846 Bermudian1847 maphrodite1849 bark-rigged1858 butter-rigged1881 jackass rigged1883 1846 Sydney Morning Herald 31 Aug. Two schooners, two cutters, and a small Bermudian rigged schooner, were lying at anchor inside the bar. 1997 Irish Times 18 Oct. 26/4 His circumnavigation of Ireland in his 32-foot Bermudian rigged ketch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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