单词 | young pretender |
释义 | > as lemmasYoung Pretender Young Pretender n. (with the) Charles Stuart (1720–80), son of James Stuart, the Old Pretender (see Old Pretender n. at old adj. Compounds 4), and grandson of James II; also in extended use.Charles Stuart asserted his claim to the British throne against the house of Hanover, esp. in the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. ΚΠ 1721 Let. from Eng. Traveler at Rome 13 These Women..kept such a Racket about us, to make us kiss the young Pretender's Hand, that to get clear of them assoon [sic] as we could, we were forced to comply. 1744 London Mag. Dec. 590/1 As no Man would then run any Risk by Rebellion, but that of his own Life, the young Pretender would certainly be joined by all the Jacobites to a Man. 1813 T. Dibdin Metrical Hist. Eng. 205 (note) The Young Pretender then proceeded as far as Manchester, where the preparations made to oppose him. 1873 Times 20 Sept. 5/3 The young Pretender of Chislehurst [sc. Napoleon III] raised that flag which others seemed to have abandoned. 1951 PMLA 66 972 The fugitive Young Pretender, whose bold attempt to seize ‘the Reins of Empire’ for his father had precipitated the terrors of Black Friday only seven months before. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 May 26/3 The jaded Young Pretender and his cronies pestered French strategists for a part in their plans to off-set colonial losses through a last-ditch invasion of Britain herself. < as lemmas |
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