water-lappern.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtəˌlapə/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdərˌlæpər/,

/ˈwɑdərˌlæpər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., lapper n.¹

Etymology: < water n. + lapper n.¹

In the Bible (Judges 7:5): any of three hundred soldiers selected by Gideon to fight the Midianites. Hence allusively: any particularly devout or zealous soldier.With reference to the story in which God directs Gideon to order his army to drink, and to select those soldiers who lap the water, as opposed to those who kneel down to drink.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking water > person

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1614 S. Jerome Seauen Helpes to Heauen 514 For the Lord to saue with many or with few, 1 Sam. 14. 6. to ouerthrow whole Armies with a few Water-lappers.

1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 241 No less miraculous acts were expected and promised..then those of Gideon with his water-lappers.

a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) x. 163 Captain Ellis' company..were all water lappers, Judges vii. 5–7, and bible bearers.

1793 R. Fleming Disc. Important Subj. (new ed.) 320 God..can..make Gideon's three hundred water-lappers [1701 Water-Lepers] to defeat the vast Midianitish armies.

1890 J. Marshall Gideon & Judges xvii. 166 He who headed the water-lappers, himself the most abstinent of all.

1901 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 22 70 (title) Gideon's water-lappers.

2011 E. Wilson Bible: it is what it Is viii. 33 Gideon took three hundred water lappers by the leashes and sent all of the others home.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water-lapper
释义	water-lappern. Brit. /ˈwɔːtəˌlapə/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌlæpər/, /ˈwɑdərˌlæpər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., lapper n.¹ Etymology: < water n. + lapper n.¹ In the Bible (Judges 7:5): any of three hundred soldiers selected by Gideon to fight the Midianites. Hence allusively: any particularly devout or zealous soldier.With reference to the story in which God directs Gideon to order his army to drink, and to select those soldiers who lap the water, as opposed to those who kneel down to drink. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking water > person water-lapper1614 aquabib1731 aquatica1790 1614 S. Jerome Seauen Helpes to Heauen 514 For the Lord to saue with many or with few, 1 Sam. 14. 6. to ouerthrow whole Armies with a few Water-lappers. 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 241 No less miraculous acts were expected and promised..then those of Gideon with his water-lappers. a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) x. 163 Captain Ellis' company..were all water lappers, Judges vii. 5–7, and bible bearers. 1793 R. Fleming Disc. Important Subj. (new ed.) 320 God..can..make Gideon's three hundred water-lappers [1701 Water-Lepers] to defeat the vast Midianitish armies. 1890 J. Marshall Gideon & Judges xvii. 166 He who headed the water-lappers, himself the most abstinent of all. 1901 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 22 70 (title) Gideon's water-lappers. 2011 E. Wilson Bible: it is what it Is viii. 33 Gideon took three hundred water lappers by the leashes and sent all of the others home. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1614
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