单词 | bolsterer |
释义 | bolsterern. 1. One who bolsters up (anything); a supporter, upholder. (Generally in bad sense.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager > chiefly in something bad maintainer?a1400 abetter1457 bolsterer1523 abettor1569 succentor1609 bettor1671 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccl. 561 Who durst begyn suche a ryot..without some bolsterer or comforter in their dede. 1562 Certayn Serm. preached in Lincs. in H. Latimer 27 Serm. ii. f. 75 Magistrates ought not to be bolsterers and bearers with wickednes. ?a1639 A. Harsnett Gods Summons (1640) 224 Enemies would have said that God had beene a Bolsterer and Patron of Sinne. 2. Cf. bolster v. 6. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > fornication > fornicator harlotc1330 fornicator1377 fornicarya1382 fornicarerc1475 bolsterer?1536 striker1593 scortator1615 ?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. D.iiiv Incestes, harlots, bawdes, and bolsterers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1523 |
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