| 单词 | centinel |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(private) centinel ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > common soldier > [noun] soldiera1300 sergeantc1300 private soldier1566 common soldier1569 private man1651 man1690 (private) centinel1710 single sentinel1721 private1775 single soldier1816 troop1832 ranksman1845 dog soldier1852 ranker1890 other rank1904 mucko1917 squaddie1933 craftsman1942 peon1957 grunt1969 troopie1972 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 5. ⁋8 There were in the ranks of the company..one Unnion a corporal, and one Valentine a private centinel. 1741 in Rep. Comm. Ho. Commons II. 172 (Land Forces, etc.) 70 Grenadiers Coats and Breeches, at 1l. 8s. 630 Centinels ditto, at 1l. 6s. 1744–5–6 in Rep. Comm. Ho. Commons II. 84, 87 Centinels [= ‘Private Men’]. 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 80 He enlisted himself as a volunteer [in the Dutch army]. Here he underwent all the fatigues of a private centinel. 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 483 He..served as a private centinel under the duke of Marlborough, at..Blenheim. 1815 Articles of War xxi. 68 But Non-commissioned Officers may be discharged as Private Soldiers, and, by the order of the Colonel of the Regiment, or by the sentence of a Regimental Court-martial, be reduced to private Centinel. 1894 C. Walton Hist. Brit. Standing Army 1660 to 1700 xxiii. 417 All soldiers..below the grade of lance-corporal were denominated Privates or more correctly private centinels or private soldiers. < as lemmas |
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