| 单词 | daughters of liberty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasDaughters of Liberty Daughters of Liberty n. now historical any of various groups of women supporting the American cause prior to and during the American War of Independence (1775–83). ΚΠ 1769 Boston Gaz. 16 Oct. 1/3 And as true Daughters of Liberty, they made their Breakfast upon Rye Coffee. 1788 W. Gordon Hist. Independence U.S.A. III. xiii. 496 The generous exertions of the American daughters of liberty in Philadelphia and the neighbourhood, to befriend the continental soldiers. 1848 Columbian Mag. Feb. 84/2 These ‘Daughters of Liberty’, as they were styled,..cheerfully gave up..tea, in opposition to the oppressive measures of the British ministry. 1877 Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc. 15 390 A society of ladies styled the ‘Daughters of Liberty’ made rifle men's frocks,..shirts and gaiters for the cavalry, free of cost to the government. 1935 M. S. Benson Women in Eighteenth-Century Amer. viii. 250 Throughout New England, and perhaps elsewhere, groups of women known as Daughters of Liberty met together to spin. 2008 L. Ennis in A. K. Frank Amer. Revol. xi. 211 Women organized themselves into groups, such as the Daughters of Liberty, which held all-day sewing events in order to fill the need for cloth. < as lemmas |
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