| 单词 | crown hunter |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrown hunter crown hunter n. (a) a person ambitious for a royal crown; (b) (with capital initial(s)) a hunter in the service of the Crown. ΚΠ a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1652) ix. 112 By an unexpected union to become such frontier neighbours to this Crown-hunter. 1864 W. F. Collier Hist. Eng. i. v. 68 Canute was a mere crown-hunter from beyond the seas. 1879 J. C. Brown tr. Ordinance for Public Schools Forestry in Kingdom of Sweden in Glances at Forests Northern Europe iii. 35 What is laid down about the dwellings of Crown hunters shall determine the same as to forest overseers. 1900 Proc. State Hist. Soc. Wisconsin 47th Ann. Meeting 104 Poor old Spain, denuded of royal males, was the prey of all the crown-hunters of Europe. 2004 J. R. Carr All Brave Sailors iv. 54 He also apparently worked as a forest warden and then a ‘Crown Hunter’, officially harvesting game from the national forests. < as lemmas |
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