单词 | topchee |
释义 | topcheen. A term used in the former Ottoman Empire for: a gunner or artilleryman. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > artilleryman gunner1344 bombardier1562 cannoneer1562 artilleryman?1566 engineer1569 artillerist1579 bombarder1583 topchee1623 fireman1625 zumboorukchee1840 culverineer1881 red-leg1890 gun1896 horse gunner1896 society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > artilleryman gunner1344 cannoner1517 bombardier1562 cannoneer1562 artilleryman?1566 engineer1569 artillerist1579 bombarder1583 topchee1623 fireman1625 pyrobolist1696 zumboorukchee1840 culverineer1881 red-leg1890 gun1896 mud hog1918 1623 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 234 They delivered mee..into the hands of the Topagee. 1668 P. Rycaut Present State Ottoman Empire (new ed.) iii. x. 200 The Toptchi. These are Gunners, called so from the word Tope, which in Turkish signifies a Cannon. 1828 J. B. Fraser Kuzzilbash I. 337 The men..bore down like lightning on the topechees. 1854 R. Curzon Armenia 73 He brought four guns with him, and a number of topgis, or gunners, to work these instruments of destruction. 1892 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) Suppl. 502/1 Topdjis, militia artillerymen in Turkey. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 620 Topgeys, the term for Turkish artillerymen or gunners. Also written topgis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1623 |
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