单词 | threatener |
释义 | threatenern. One who threatens. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun] > one who threatens threaterc1440 threatenera1542 menacer1602 a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) civ. 46 The sterr off Saturne old, A thretner of all lyving thinges with drowfft. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. i. 49 Threaten the threatner, and out-face the brow Of bragging horror. View more context for this quotation 1630 in tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdoms World (rev. ed.) To Rdr. sig. A ijv That Enemie and Threatner of our English Nation. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. v. 37 Threateners..were seldom to be feared. 1867 J. Ingelow Story of Doom vii. 140 A feeble threatener with a foolish threat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.a1542 |
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