| 单词 | redbeard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasredbeard redbeard n. [attested earlier as a surname: Johannes Redberd (1428)] a person with a red beard; (perhaps) spec. †a constable, a watchman (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > constable sub-constable1512 beagle1559 harman-beck1567 John?1576 clarigold1597 officer1597 constable1600 redbeard1607 Robin Hoga1682 Moabite1699 night-magistrate1699 the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun] > beard > types of > person having greybeard1207 whitebeard1450 redbeard1607 whey-beard1614 longbeard1665 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe iii. sig. D4 White haires may fall into the company of drabs aswell as red beardes into the society of knaues. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise i. 194 Thou laughest—hast thou never heard Of this same valorous Red Beard, And how he died? 1917 C. Morley Parnassus on Wheels (1919) viii. 107 ‘Darn the Redbeard,’ I said to myself, ‘I think he has bewitched these people!’ 1993 R. Mellinkoff Outcasts ii. vii. 148 Redheads and redbeards have been called liars, cheats, traitors, murderers, devils, witches, churls. < as lemmas |
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