单词 | throneless |
释义 | thronelessadj. Not having or occupying a throne; spec. deposed from a throne. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [adjective] > deposed as monarch > deposed from a throne thronelessa1639 dethroned1705 a1639 J. Dyke Right Receiving of Christ (1640) ix. 122 It is a false Christ they have received,..a crowneles, scepterles, throneles [printed thoneles] Christ. 1814 Ld. Byron Ode to Napoleon xiii Thou throneless Homicide. 1846 W. E. Aytoun Lays Sc. Cavaliers (1849) 213 Fitting for the throneless exile. 1897 L. J. Trotter Life J. Nicholson x. 121 A throneless pensioner of the Indian Government. 1938 J. C. Archer Faiths Men live By 76 He was, as a legendary prophecy had it at his birth, only a throneless king. 1978 Newsweek 26 June 66 Most throneless royals have some sort of inherited income. 2004 National Post (Canad.) (Nexis) 12 May (Arts & Life section) 1 Various trust-fund blokes,..some of them throneless royals, gathered to celebrate the end of the 3,000-mile Gumball Rally. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1639 |
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