| 单词 | revel master |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrevel master revel master n. now archaic and historical = Master of (the) Revels n. at sense 1b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > persons and characters > [noun] > presiding Master of (the) Revels1510 lord1519 revel master1651 agonarch1656 1651 J. Harington Hist. Polindor & Flostella i. 32 Cheife Revell-master: holds her train How sprightly, wants she ought; does strain. 1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. xvi. 405 At Christmas, or any other festival, a Christmas-prince, or revel-master, was constantly appointed. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 151/1 This Lord of Misrule, or revel-master, was sometimes termed a Christmas prince. 1992 C. Whitman tr. Horace in L. Edmunds From Sabine Jar p. xvii Good revel master, pour the four year Vintage out with freer hand. < as lemmas |
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