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单词 enter-deux
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enter-deuxn.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: enter- prefix, French deux.
Etymology: Apparently < enter- prefix + French deux two (see deuce n.1).French entre-deux (late 12th cent. in Old French in sense ‘hit with the sword right through the middle’, subsequently in other specialized senses) is not attested in either of the relevant senses.
Obsolete. rare.
An intermediary; spec. (in quot. 1602) a proxy bridegroom.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > bridegroom > proxy
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1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes v. 25 Iames king of Scots..was married to Anne..by a substitute or enter-deux.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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