单词 | state dependant |
释义 | > as lemmasstate dependant state dependant n. a person who is reliant upon the State, esp. for financial support. ΚΠ 1795 Frogmore Fair 10 The stately Monarch stood With all his family,—a comely brood! Besides their titled and useful attendants, With sundry others of the state dependants. 1847 Eclectic Rev. Mar. 364 Did it never occur to your lordship to doubt the effect on our social system..of converting all the schoolmasters in the country into state-dependants? 1924 Scotsman 22 Feb. 7/3 They were going to deal with the question of widows and children,..making them State dependants instead of parish charges. 2011 M. Van De Mieroop Hist. Anc. Egypt 182 The wealth generated enabled numerous state dependants in the civil, military, and religious branches of government to live in luxury. < as lemmas |
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