单词 | aguerried |
释义 | † aguerriedadj. Obsolete. Accustomed to or trained for war. (Not found in English contexts.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [adjective] > veteran veteran1548 aguerried1735 vet1889 1735 G. Lyttelton Lett. from Persian lxx. 212 An Army..the best aguerried of any Troops in Europe. 1823 L. Stanhope Let. 13 Oct. in Greece (1825) iv. 10 The Swiss, however, like the Greeks, having a strong country, can act on the defensive till they become perfectly aguerried. 1873 J. J. Graham tr. C. P. G. von Clausewitz On War III. vii. ix. 11/2 Instances are not wanting of such battles,..as Torgau, Wagram (we do not say Dresden, because we cannot call the enemy there quite aguerried). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1735 |
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