| 释义 |
‖ szlachta Hist.|ˈʃlaxta|
[Polish.]
The aristocratic or land-owning class in Poland before 1945.
1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 285/2 We soon find the following divisions of society among the Poles:—(1) the nobility, szlachta, who throughout Polish history constitute the nation properly so-called. 1905Cambr. Mod. Hist. (1907) III. iii. 76 Poland was at this time on the threshold of a period of political transition of an almost revolutionary character, the most remarkable feature of which was the elevation to power of the Polish szlachta, or gentry. 1969P. Anderson in Cockburn & Blackburn Student Power 264 Bronislaw Malinowski, a Polish aristocrat from the Galician szlachta. 1978W. B. Lincoln Nicholas I iv. 136 The more substantial portions of the Polish szlachta (nobility) had done relatively well under fifteen years of Russian rule. |