| 释义 |
Kluxer U.S.|ˈklʌksə(r)|
Also Klucker.
[f. (Ku-Klux-Klan) + -er1.]
A member of the Ku-Klux Klan. Also attrib.
1879A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand xxvii. 141 Ef dere's any mo' Kluckers raidin' roun' Burke's Corners, dar'll be some funerals tu. 1923Nation (N.Y.) 21 Nov. 570 We are not much impressed with the desireability of organizations specially formed to fight the ‘Kluxers’. 1929Sun (Baltimore) 31 Jan. 1/2 Johnston is disowned by the kluxers or whatever is left of them in Oklahoma. 1944J. S. Pennell Hist. Rome Hanks 176 Are you a Klucker, Mr. Ocamb? 1948Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 25 July 20/4 Some 20 more noted Kluxers..and similar ragtag and bobtail were on hand. 1963D. B. Hughes Expendable Man (1964) v. 146 There's not going to be any color business in this case. I'm not going to have it messed up with Kluxers or with bleeding hearts. 1965C. Colter in A. Chapman New Black Voices (1972) 72 Jus' ask her t' pull up that Kluxer sheet and show you her arm.
Hence ˈKluxery, conduct or behaviour characteristic of members of the Ku-Klux Klan; ˈKluxism, the principles and practice of the Ku-Klux Klan or of similar organizations.
1929Sun (Baltimore) 31 Jan. 2/2 When Henry Johnston announced for Governor, carrying the flambeau of kluxism, Mrs. Hammonds became his Joan of Arc. 1949Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch 23 Jan. iv. 2-D/2 There have been too many episodes in the Old Dominion of late which reflect the spirit of kluxery. |