单词 | countryship |
释义 | countryshipn. Now rare. Relationship based on country; the fact or condition of belonging to a particular country, or to a common country; compatriotism. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > compatriots > [noun] > fact of being countryship1551 compatriotism1797 sympatry1904 1551 J. Hooper Godly Annot. xiij Chapyter Romaynes Ep. to Minsters sig. A.vi Thoughe the poore man be not a ryche man, yet is he a Christian, and thy countrey man, of whom nature and countreyshyp requireth the to haue compassion. 1573 Thes. Linguae Romanae & Britannicae Populáritas, friendship or familiaritie by reason of countreyship. 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence ii. 32 The old acquaintance & countreyship that had bin between them. 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion iv. 73 Our Author makes the Norman inuasion a reuniting of seuered kindred.., taking argument as well from identitie of countryship (being all Germans by originall..) as from contingencie of blood. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. vii. 80 Casting far behind all earthly care, All countryships, all national regards, And enmities. 1863 What is Truth? 88 My dear brethren in common countryship,—compatriots. 1928 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 29 Sept. 3/1 ‘Are you Kalonian?’ I asked doubtfully... ‘By my father. My mother was Irish. I wish I could claim whole countryship with you.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1551 |
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