单词 | zouave |
释义 | Zouaven. 1. a. One of a body of light infantry in the French army, originally recruited from the Algerian Kabyle tribe of Zouaoua, but afterwards composed of French soldiers distinguished for their physique and dash, and formerly retaining the original North African uniform. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun] spahi1562 legionnaire1595 strelitz1603 Croat1623 deli1667 Croatian1700 lancer1712 highlander1725 lambs1744 royals1762 light-bob1778 fly-slicer1785 Life Guardsman1785 royals?1795 Hottentot1796 yeoman1798 pandour1800 Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811 forty-two man1816 kilty1842 Zouave1848 bumblerc1850 Inniskilliner1853 blue cap1857 turco1860 Zou-Zou1860 mudlark1878 king's man1883 Johnny1888 Piffer1892 evzone1897 horse gunner1897 dink1906 army ranger1910 grognard1912 Jock1914 chocolate soldier1915 Cook's tourist1915 dinkum1916 Anzaca1918 choc1917 ranger1942 Chindit1943 Desert Rat1944 Green Beret1949 1830 tr. E. Blaquiere's Sig. Pananti (ed. 2) 56 The whole of the native warriors called the Zouavi.] 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 520 The Zouaves were standing on the breach. 1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 8 Jan. in French & Italian Notebks. (1980) i. 14 Zouaves with turbans, long mantles, and bronzed, half-Moorish faces. 1897 Harper's Mag. Apr. 752/1 In January, 1863, the French general Forey laid siege to Puebla... In one of the many assaults on the corner held by Diaz the zouaves broke into the first court-yard of his stronghold. b. (Also Papal Zouave or Pontifical Zouave.) One of a corps of French soldiers organized at Rome in 1860 for the defence of the pope, and disbanded in 1871. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > lifeguard or bodyguard > [noun] > specific Yeoman of the Guard1485 solak1520 janissary1529 Mameluke1531 praetorian1592 trabant1617 beefeater1671 bostangi1686 mousquetaire1706 drabant1707 protector1781 Varangian1788 Papal Zouave1864 greenfinch1865 1864 Manning in A. Reinaud Abbé-Zouave Pref. p. ix Some hundreds of the Pontifical Zouaves, chiefly French and Belgian,..were seen at St. Peter's. 1868 tr. Cardella's J. W. Russell 38 When he returned to Rome to join the Zouaves. c. A soldier of any of several volunteer regiments, assuming the name and in part the uniform of the French Zouaves, which served on the side of the North in the American Civil War (1861–5). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > American > specific Jersey blue1758 shirtman1775 Yorker1776 buckskin1783 Indian fighter1824 blue belly1827 greyback1854 Zouave1860 Zou-Zou1860 greycoat1861 grey1862 Johnny1862 Johnny Reb1862 blue1870 blue coat1885 dogface1932 1860 Press & Tribune (Chicago) 23 Feb. 1/4 The gallant Zouaves..attracted much attention and admiration by their fine appearance and exact drills. 1861 J. Chesnut Let. 12 June in C. V. Woodward Mary Chesnut's Civil War (1981) v. 81 Reinforcements were sent from here last night, the New Orleans Zouaves. 1865 G. A. Sala My Diary in Amer. I. 292 In the beginning, when the Yankee Zouaves were young and hopeful. 2. (In full, Zouave jacket, Zouave bodice.) A woman's short embroidered jacket or bodice, with or without sleeves, resembling the jacket of the Zouave uniform. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > bodice > other corset1299 overbody1535 jupon1542 jup1603 Pierrot?1789 chemisette1796 spencer1799 jupe1810 jelick1816 railly1819 rail1820 Zouave1859 Basque1860 casaque1872 casaquin1879 overbodice1897 choli1907 halter1935 tube top1974 boob tube1977 bustier1978 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > other duffel coat1683 duffel jacket1732 petenlair1753 grego1767 wamus1805 camisole1816 over-jacket1830 matinee1851 Zouave1859 paletot1863 blazer1880 Norfolks1902 letter sweater1914 letter jacket1934 bomber jacket1940 shirt-jac1944 samfu jacket1955 guru jacket1966 Mao jacket1967 1859 Ladies' Treas. Sept. 285/1 One of the most decided novelties of the present season is the Zouave jacket. 1859 Ladies' Cabinet Dec. 335/1 Nothing can be prettier for the interior than the little oriental jackets which we call to-day Zouaves. 1893 Lady 17 Aug. 178/1 Zouave Bodices are a feature of autumn gowns. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848 |
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