单词 | britainer |
释义 | Britainern. Now historical. A native or inhabitant of Britain. Cf. Great Britainer n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Celtic people > [noun] > Gaels > person redshank1542 Britainer1570 Ulster Scot1654 Gael1684 Dalriadan1685 Dalriad1753 Goidel1869 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Giii/1 Of Britayn, Britaner, Britannus. 1634 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) xix. 239 They are faine to have it of the Britainers [1622 Bretaigners], Hollanders, and from the Azores Ilands. 1778 T. Anburey Let. 10 Dec. in Trav. Interior Parts Amer. (1789) II. 273 I believe God Almighty has turned Tory, to give these Britainers such fine weather for their march. 1941 R. Graves Proceed, Sergeant Lamb (1985) v. 65 Begone, soldiers. We want no Britainers here. 1972 F. Mason Roads to Liberty 180 What'd we march north for? To fight the Britainers, of course. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1570 |
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