| 单词 | broken man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbroken man broken man n. Scots Law and Scottish History one under sentence of outlawry, or living the life of an outlaw, or depredator, chiefly in the Highlands and Border districts. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > outlawry > [noun] > outlaw outlawOE friendless manOE wolf's-head?c1300 waithmanc1425 banished man1495 broken man1528 proscript1576 horner1590 outlawed1644 caput lupinum1837 ronin1858 1528 MS. Caligula in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) II. 348 note Divers radis to be maid upon the brokin men of our realme. 1594 Sc. Acts 13 James VI §227 Daylie heirschippes of the wicked thieues and limmers of the Clannes and surnames following..broken men of the surnames of Stewarts. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 95 A Thousand, all Borderers and broken Men. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiii. 285 He..took to the brae-side, and became a broken man. 1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. vi. 174 The result was probably to fill the country with ‘broken men’. < as lemmas |
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