单词 | first fleet convict |
释义 | > as lemmasfirst fleet convict first fleet n. (also with upper-case initial(s)) Australian History (usually with the) the eleven British ships that arrived in Australia in 1788 to found the penal colonies from which the first European settlements grew; (as a modifier) designating a person from one of these ships, or (one of) his or her descendants, as first fleet convict, first fleet man, etc. (cf. first-fleeter n.). ΚΠ 1791 P. G. King Jrnl. Norfolk Island 12 Nov. 6 in Austral. National Dict. (1988) 248/2 The far greater part of those Convicts who left England in the First Fleet in 1788..conduct themselves with Honesty. 1875 A. Griffiths Memorials of Millbank II. i. 13 ‘Any man,’ said..one of these first fleet convicts who had reached affluence and comfort at last..‘would have committed murder for a month's provisions.’ 1978 V. Windeyer Austral. in Commonw. 14 Captain Arthur Phillip brought the First Fleet there—two naval vessels, three store ships and six transports carrying convicts. 2018 South Coast Reg. (New S. Wales) (Nexis) 16 Nov. 8 He proudly talks about June being a first fleet descendant of Thomas Spencer, a Marine and a first fleet convict Mary Phillips. < as lemmas |
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