单词 | subject-monger |
释义 | > as lemmassubject-monger subject-monger n. a person who exploits his or her subjects. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > who governs badly > unjust or oppressive tyrant1297 Nimrod?1548 Tamerlane?1572 subject-monger?1608 sultan1662 ?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome iii. iii. 384 A prince must carefully preserue himselfe..from resembling, by ouer great and excessiue impositions, these tyrants, subject-mongers, canibals [etc.]. 1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. iii. iii. 288 A cutting reply to Mr. Rigby's article..with some searching mockery, that became the subject and the subject-monger. < as lemmas |
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