| 释义 |
† coˈmmotioner Obs.
[f. as prec. + -er.]
One who excites or takes part in a commotion; one who stirs up tumult or rebellion.
1549Cheke Hurt Sedit. (1641) 13 Who can perswade where treason is aboue reason, and..commotioners are better than commissioners, and common woe is named commmonwealth? 1550Crowley Epigr. 555 The Swerde wyl not helpe in the common wealth, To purge it of Commotionars [l. 595 has commosioners]. 1616Bolton Hypercr. in Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1840) III. 231 Sir Thomas Wiat, not the dangerous commotioner, but his worthy father. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. I. 50 Lord Cobham..being a Commotioner in the reign of Qu. Mary. |