| 单词 | feast-giver |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfeast-giver feast-giver n. a person who holds a feast. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > hospitable person > [noun] > host harbingerc1175 hostelerc1300 host1303 entertainer1525 landlord1725 Amphitryon1807 feast-giver1820 hospitator1851 guester1890 1820 J. Galt Wandering Jew 136 In other houses, men of greater talent are occasionally met with than the generality of those who frequent the table of this amiable man; but they are there either on business, or to gratify the vanity of the feast-giver. 1937 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 67 15 In a loud singsong voice, the feastgiver called upon the spirit of the Khuang to come and witness the kill about to be made in his name. 2002 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 26 Oct. 1 Giving a lavish feast and prevailing in ‘competitive battles’ with rival feast-givers was important enough to drive the search for new and more impressive kinds of foods [during the agricultural epoch]. < as lemmas |
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