| 单词 | to break an officer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto break an officer 35. to break an officer; to cashier, deprive him of his commission, degrade him from his rank. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > appointment to rank > be appointed to rank [verb (intransitive)] > demote to break an officer1695 1695 London Gaz. No. 3135/3 Three other Colonels are broke. 1717 D. Defoe Mem. Church of Scotl. iii. 193 Whether he was not broke for Cowardise I am not certain. 1787 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) I. 243 That no Officer could serve under him, and that sooner or later he must be broke. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xvii. 46 From the time that he was ‘broken’, he had had a dog's berth on board the vessel. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Break, to deprive of commission, warrant, or rating, by court-martial. < as lemmas |
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