| 单词 | field master |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield master field master n. (a) Military an officer who is in charge of troops on the battlefield (now historical); (b) Hunting a person who is in charge of the field during a day's hunting; cf. sense 9b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > master of hounds huntsman1600 field master1648 huntsmaster1691 Common Hunt1700 master1781 skirter1827 1648 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. Late Warres xiv. 401 Boccapianola (a Neapolitan, and Field-Master) was there slaine. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed i. xiii. 40 The Caidsidibir or Field-Master..manages or orders the battle. 1859 H. H. Dixon Silk & Scarlet iv. 275 Few men knew better about the work of hounds than ‘the Parson’..but not content with being field-master, he constituted himself a sort of standing counsel to the huntsman. 1916 E. F. Buckley tr. L. Batiffol Cent. of Renaissance 398 The regiments were commanded by Field Masters or Marshals. 1922 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 207 Dicky was deep in a discussion with one of the field masters on the interesting question of the matrimonial future of that official's blood-mare. 2002 Daily Tel. 7 Oct. 25/5 He was field master of the Heythrop Hunt for 12 seasons under Captain Ronnie Wallace. < as lemmas |
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