单词 | cotton lord |
释义 | cotton lordn. A wealthy cotton-manufacturer; a magnate of the cotton trade. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > [noun] > cotton manufacturer or worker > wealthy cotton lord1825 1825 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 12 Nov. 425 Oh, Oh! The Cotton-Lords are tearing! 1847 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxv. 102 Helping to raise a gigantic fortune for some cotton lord at Manchester. 1862 T. Guthrie Pract. Sympathy (1863) 15 Our religion..looks on the soul of the poorest cotton-worker to be as precious as the soul of the wealthiest cotton-lord. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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