单词 | swayer |
释义 | swayern. One who or that which sways, wields, or rules. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] waldendeOE prince?c1225 ordainerc1300 tyranta1340 prefecta1382 rulera1382 wieldera1382 corner of the people1382 lordshipperc1384 governora1393 moderatora1398 wieldinga1400 leader of lawsc1400 regent1415 governailc1440 dominatorc1450 reignera1464 regnanta1500 gubernator1522 despot1562 shepherd1577 swayer1598 Sophy1599 most mastera1616 Govr.1620 Gov.1630 archon1735 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Dominatore, a ruler, a gouernor, a lord, a swayer. a1679 J. Brown Life of Faith (1824) II. xvii. 325 He is the happiest swayer of a sceptre that ever was. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 178 Pym, Hamden, and Strode were esteemed Parliament-drivers, or Swayers of all the Parliaments wherein they sat. 1832 Examiner 773/2 Eloquence and truth united are greater swayers of opinion than either wealth, wigs, or woolsacks. 1853 C. Kingsley A. Smith & A. Pope in Misc. (1860) I. 300 To talk loud about the poet's divine mission, as the prophet of mankind, the swayer of the universe, and so forth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1598 |
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