| 单词 | city father |
| 释义 | > as lemmascity father city father n. originally U.S. one of the leading men or authorities of a city; a founding father of a city; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > local government body > [noun] > member of local government council > town-councillor > collectively commons1384 regent1579 city father1834 1834 N.-Y. Spectator 3 July The ladies of New York should wear some badge of mourning, on the day appointed by our City Fathers for expressing publicly the deep sorrow of the people of New York for the death of the brave Lafayette. 1845 St. Louis Reveille 19 Jan. 2/4 Allow me to call the attention of our ‘City Fathers’ to the importance of erecting public hydrants on the Levee. 1871 Galaxy Nov. 706/1 Bague, who is a city father, graciously accepted some of his more trifling municipal reforms. 1947 S. Dickson San Francisco is your Home (1948) iii. 36 The city fathers planned a substantial city, a city of fine buildings. 1962 Listener 10 May 820/2 Kline, de Kooning, and the other present City Fathers of American painting. 2012 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 4 Feb. 24 Praise is due to our City Fathers for their new vision for Belfast. < as lemmas |
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