单词 | angrian |
释义 | Angrianadj.1n.1 Now historical. A. adj.1 Of, belonging, or relating to the military leader Kanhoji Angre, or to the powerful forces built up by him as naval commander of the Maratha Empire in the early 18th cent. ΚΠ 1737 C. Downing Compend. Hist. Indian Wars 226 The Angrian Army attempting to pass the River, met with a warm Reception; for the Dutch had assisted the Moors with a long Range of good Guns. 1759 W. Herbert New Directory East-Indies (ed. 2) 20 Some persons have assured me that the Angrian corsairs go thither to anchor in fine weather, to wait for ships to plunder. 1912 R. Mookerji Indian Shipping 239 Bombay had to wage a long half-century of amateur warfare to subdue the Angrian power. 2014 M. Lincoln Brit. Pirates & Society, 1680–1730 iv. 103 The Angrian fleet also proved to be a persistent threat because [East India] Company forces were often powerless against it in open conflict. B. n.1 A follower of Kanhoji Angre, or a member of the armed (esp. naval) forces established by him. ΚΠ 1737 C. Downing Compend. Hist. Indian Wars 162 After this the Angrians came again to Concas, with a large Party, and demanded Tribute, which the Inhabitants were forc'd to pay. 1759 W. Herbert New Directory E.-Indies (ed. 2) 15 The ships that sail along the coast of Canara and Decan..should be on their guard; as the Angrians..watch continually to surprise them. 2012 J. Biddulph Pirates of Malabar ix. 82 On a breeze springing up, the Angrians drew off, leaving the East Indiamen to pursue their voyage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Angrianadj.2n.2 A. adj.2 Of or relating to the imaginary empire of Angria (see etymology).Only in or with reference to the writings of the Brontë children. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [adjective] > specific place Angrian1834 Gondal1911 1834 C. Brontë High Life in Verdopolis ii, in Edition Early Writings (1991) II. ii. 27 Shut up that atlas, there are his pencil marks on this Angrian map. 1924 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 May 268/3 In the Angrian cycle Alexander Percy is the Earl of Northangerland and ‘Northangerland’ was Branwell Brontë's pseudonym. 1954 K. Tillotson Novels of Eighteen-forties i. 97 Recollected from Charlotte's early reading, through her own Angrian romances. 2001 Irish Times 13 Jan. (Weekend section) 11/3 [She] noticed a similarity between the above passage and an episode in the Angrian saga Charlotte had written six years before. B. n.2 A native or inhabitant of Angria.Only in or with reference to the writings of the Brontë children. ΚΠ 1834 P. B. Brontë in Wks. (1999) II. 204 Sound the loud Trumpet oer Africs bright sea Zamorna hath triumphed the Angrians are free. 1933 I. C. Willis Brontës ii. 33 The Gondals inhabited northern regions in contradistinction to Charlotte's and Branwell's Angrians who ruled in the sunny south. 2008 R. Fraser in C. Brontë Shirley & Professor p. xii The Angrians are simply transported wholesale to Yorkshire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1n.11737adj.2n.21834 |
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