| 单词 | shirtman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshirtman shirtman n. colloquial (later historical) a colonial rifleman during the American War of Independence. [Apparently so called on account of their long fringed rifle shirts: see rifle shirt n. at rifle n.3 Compounds 7.] ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > rifleman hunter1753 rifleman1764 shirtman1775 jäger1776 yager1804 bersagliere1862 shootist1864 rifle1933 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > American > specific Jersey blue1758 shirtman1775 Yorker1776 buckskin1783 Indian fighter1824 blue belly1827 greyback1854 Zouave1860 Zou-Zou1860 greycoat1861 grey1862 Johnny1862 Johnny Reb1862 blue1870 blue coat1885 dogface1932 society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > rifle hunter1753 rifleman1764 rifler1775 shirtman1775 jäger1776 yager1804 rifle shot1826 bersagliere1862 1775 Pennsylvania Gaz. 16 Aug. 2/3 The damn'd shirtmen, as they are emphatically called by some of his [sc. Lord Dunmore's] minions. 1929 M. C. Clement Hist. Pittsylvania County Virginia (2001) 150 Dunmore did not desert his post at the capitol until it was reported to him that the shirtmen were marching on Williamsburg. 2015 K. Gale M. Lewis i. 3 George Rogers Clark..became one of the greatest heroes of the Revolutionary War and the most famous of all the Virginia shirtmen. < as lemmas |
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