单词 | blockader |
释义 | blockadern. A person who or vessel which takes part in a blockade. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun] > besieger or blockader sieger1533 besiege-layer1538 besieger1574 pursuera1578 assieger1608 beleaguer1611 beleaguerer1628 town-taker1654 blockader1759 investors1870 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > block-ship blockader1759 block-ship1802 1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XII. xv. xi. 289 Gritti..endeavoured to escape through the camp of the blockaders. 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. l. 317 To repel with spears and darts all approach of the blockaders. 1862 Macmillan's Mag. Mar. 437/1 With the traffic that comes and goes on the broad and free ocean the blockaders have no authority to interfere. 1863 Glasgow Herald 8 Sept. All the blockaders are hung up for want of coal. 1917 J. M. Morgan Recoll. Rebel Reefer xxii. 195 From a blockade-runner the Lillian was converted into a United States blockader. 1940 Washington Post 7 Apr. 5/5 Authorized German spokesmen called tonight upon the neutrals of the North to take an open stand for or against ‘violation of their sovereign rights’ by Allied blockaders. 2003 R. Newman Fountain at Centre of World 237 The cops were busy clearing non-violent blockaders from strategic intersections. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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