| 单词 | black or death hussar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBlack or Death Hussar b. Black or Death Hussar, one of the ‘Black Brunswickers’ (hussars with black uniform) who, in the war with France, 1809–13, neither gave nor received quarter; hence figurative. ΚΠ 1815 Sir C. Bell Let. to G. J. Bell 2 July in Lockhart Scott This was a Brunswicker, of the Black or Death Hussars. 1816 W. Scott Let. 3 Oct. (1933) IV. 276 I belong to the Death-head Hussars of literature who neither take nor give criticism. < as lemmas |
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