单词 | reservationist |
释义 | reservationistn.adj. Originally and chiefly U.S. A. n. 1. a. A person who runs a wildlife or game reservation; an advocate of the establishment of such a reservation. Now rare. ΚΠ 1900 Outing Sept. 632/1 The State awakened to the necessity of protecting its wild game, outside the reservations, and the fishes of its rivers and lakes... But where the individual reservationist had succeeded the State failed. 1914 C. M. Dow State Reservation at Niagara i. 34 The task of the ‘reservationists’ was at bottom a double one. b. A person who lives on a reservation set apart for a particular group, esp. American Indians. ΚΠ 1922 A. W. Ferrin Australia 52 In the far north, which the white man has not yet tried seriously to subjugate, the aborigine is quite a different type from the reservationist. 1940 Louisiana (Work Projects Administration) 426 Most of the reservationists speak English fairly well, though the older Indians are still more at ease in French. 1996 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 17 Mar. a1 Toward the end of the month, when food stamps run out, many reservationists..go hungry. 2. A person holding or advocating the view that certain reservations should be made with regard to the Treaty of Versailles (esp. in relation to the proposed establishment of the League of Nations) before it could be ratified by the United States. Now historical.Frequently with preceding modifying word indicating particular standpoints within this general position, as mild reservationist, strong reservationist, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > one who or that which qualifies qualifier1561 reservationist1919 1919 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 12 Aug. 1/3 The ‘mild reservationist’ in the senate today displayed new activity in an attempt to hasten ratification of the peace treaty. 1920 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 14 June 1/2 [Warren G.] Harding is also classed as a strong reservationist. 1933 W. S. Holt Treaties defeated by Senate x. 296 The reservationists did not constitute a majority. 1969 N. W. Cohen Dual Heritage 273 Taft was the first of the prominent executive members to join the ranks of the reservationists. 2003 K. K. Schonberg Pursuing National Interest 63 Thirteen Republicans..were mild reservationists, ready to support the treaty with relatively slight changes. Twenty-six Republicans and a handful of Democrats—the strong reservationists, organized and led by [Henry Cabot] Lodge—were opposed to the treaty unless relatively substantial changes were made. 3. A person who makes reservations (reservation n. 10) for customers at an airline, restaurant, etc. ΚΠ 1942 N.Y. Times 16 Aug. ii. ii. 1/1 The physician..the insurance man..the steel corporation official..the airlines reservationist. 1990 Rolling Stone 22 Mar. 80/3 He got a job as a reservationist at a Value Rent-a-Car near Fort Lauderdale. 2008 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 Aug. b1 Here it was already Thursday, and yet, the reservationist revealed, there was a spot for dinner and dancing for 9:30 that Saturday night. B. adj. (attributive). That is a reservationist (sense A. 2); holding or advocating the views of the reservationists. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [adjective] > favouring specific principles or policies federal1787 anti-federal1788 rep1812 dough-faced1820 republican1854 hunkerish1857 unreconstructed1865 reservationist1919 America First1925 McCarthyite1952 1919 Chicago Tribune 14 Aug. 4/1 By means of an alliance with some of the ‘mild reservationist’ Republicans, administration leaders believe such a motion could be carried. 1920 Glasgow Herald 18 Mar. 9 The reservationist Senators are..too much attached to their limitations and qualifications to abandon them for anything. 1999 K. A. J. Miller Populist Nationalism ii. 45 The reservationist group was clearly the largest and ideologically the most diverse in the Republican party. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1900 |
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