单词 | the swiss |
释义 | > as lemmasthe Swiss 1. (Plural the Swiss; †formerly the Swisses.) A native or an inhabitant of Switzerland. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Swiss > [noun] Swiss1515 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Swiss > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Switzerland Swiss1515 Swisser1530 Swissener1542 Switzer1577 Muff1585 Helvetian1593 cantonera1670 plural.(a) plural.(b)1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 220 Lawyers..make their best advantages, Of other quarrels, like the Swiss.a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 494 I..pass'd the Guard of Swisse.1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 494 The Swiss are indebted, it is thought, to the vigorous tone of their digestive organs, for the long preservation of their lives.1831 J. Sinclair Corr. II. 404 The Scots and the Swiss have always felt a strong predilection for each other.singular.1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry i. sig. C2 And thou thy selfe slaue to some needy Swisse.1770 Ld. Huntingdon in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) 430/2 The imputation..of being an accommodating man, that voted like a Swiss with every administration.1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein III. v. 123 ‘I set at all,’ said the daring young Swiss.1515 R. Pace in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 39 I be this day butt forti milis fromme the Swisses. 1522 Bp. J. Clerk Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 312 He shewed me also that the Bastard of Savoy was with the Swices. 1535 Lincoln Diocese Documents 251 After them came the swesses euery man with his Javelinge in his hande. 1577–8 W. Davison in Nicolas Mem. Sir C. Hatton (1847) 45 He..solicited the succour and assistance of..the Swisses. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 83 Those Swisses fight on any side for pay. 1735 G. Berkeley Querist §324 What sea-ports or foreign trade have the Swisses? 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 314 The Swisses speak a bastard French. 1801 ‘Gabrielli’ Mysterious Husband IV. 265 The Swisses excepted. < as lemmas |
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