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单词 stampeder
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stampedern.

Brit. /stamˈpiːdə/, U.S. /stæmˈpidər/
Etymology: < stampede v. + -er suffix1.
North American.
1. One who takes part in a sudden or unreasoning rush of persons, esp. for gold.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > violent > an act or instance of > of persons in a body > one who
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > prospector > for gold or diamonds > in gold-rush
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > selection of candidates > meeting to nominate candidate > rush of support for candidate at > one who
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1859 E. H. N. Patterson Jrnl. 22 May in L. Hafen Overland Routes to Gold Fields (1942) 143 In anything that I may have heretofore written that might be deemed disparaging of the ‘stampeders’, I do not wish to be understood as intentionally unjust or uncharitable.
1884 Cent. Mag. Oct. 844/2 In the days of the stampeders and the toboggan trains, this was the only house on the trail.
1891 Daily News 23 Sept. 5/1 In a short time we shall learn how many of Tuesday's stampeders found room in the new region.
1936 N. A. D. Armstrong Yukon Yesterdays 13 No wonder that hundreds of the weaker stampeders returned to the base to take the first steamer back home!
1963 Beaver Summer 42/2 Before the turn of the century, hordes of rushing stampeders..had reason to curse the savage stretch of water.
2. One who causes a stampede amongst cattle or horses.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > [noun] > causing of a body of persons to rush away > one who causes stampede amongst cattle or horses
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1862 Harper's Mag. Sept. 450/1 Horses..which, having been ‘hobbled’ beside the fires of their respective owners, had..escaped the notice of the stampeders.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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