单词 | crown general |
释义 | > as lemmascrown general crown general n. [with reference to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, after Polish titles of several military offices, chiefly after Polish hetman koronny ( < hetman hetman n. + koronny of the crown); in quot. 1859 after German Krongeneral, used by E. Kaempfer to denote the shogun (a1716 in the source ultimately underlying the quot.)] ΚΠ 1684 Scanderbeg Redivivus iii. 32 Soon after the Crown-General Potosky departing this Life. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther ii. 55 You seem crown-gen'ral of the land. 1750 London Mag. Feb. 59/1 The officers as well as soldiers of our army are listed for life, if the crown-general thinks fit to deny giving the former leave to resign, or the latter to be discharged. 1859 L. Oliphant Narr. Earl of Elgin's Mission China & Japan II. ii. 39 In vain did they..send the Crown generals against them, at the head of numerous armies. 2012 T. N. Corns Milton Encycl. 194/2 Sobieski..achieved distinction in 1671 as ‘Crown General’ against Tatar and Cossack incursions into Poland. < as lemmas |
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