单词 | whipship |
释义 | whipshipn. a. (with possessive pronoun.) Humorous title for a coachman.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of coach coachman1579 coacher1587 coachee1602 voiturier1763 voiturin1768 whipship1817 1817 J. Keats Let. to Fanny Keats 10 Sept. I disembark'd from his Whipship's Coach. b. The post of a parliamentary ‘whip’.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > whip > position of whipship1907 1907 Sat. Rev. 1 June 671/2 Lord Ribblesdale has flung up the whipship of his party. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1817 |
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