| 单词 | foot follower |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoot follower foot follower n. [translating classical Latin pedisequus, pedisequa pediseque n.] (a) an attendant or foot servant (now historical); (b) a person who follows a hunt on foot rather than on horseback. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] thanea700 yeoman1345 squirec1380 foot followera1382 handservanta1382 servitora1382 ministera1384 servera1425 squire of (or for) the body (or household)1450 attender1461 waitera1483 awaiter1495 tender?a1505 waiting-man1518 satellite?1520 attendant1555 sitter-byc1555 pediseque1606 asseclist?1607 tendant1614 assecle1616 fewterera1625 escudero1631 peon1638 wait1652 under spur-leather1685 body servant1689 slavey1819 tindal1859 maid-attendant1896 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 3 Kings xx. 14 Bi þe foot foleweris [L. pedisequos] of þe princes of prouyncis. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xxv. 42 Fyue childwymmen hir feet foleweris [L. pedisequae] wentyn wiþ hir. 1661 Princess Cloria v. 599 Foot followers..all clade in the same livery and colours. 1807 T. Williamson Oriental Field Sports I. iv. 45 The tiger's presence is generally announced by an attack on one of the foot followers. 1874 E. C. Otté Scand. Hist. xvii. 229 Sixteen powerful men were then chosen for his body-guard, and soon a few hundreds more Dalesmen offered him their services as foot-followers. 1983 M. Huskisson Outfoxed 181 To hold up a covert is to surround it with riders and foot followers so that cubs cannot escape during cubhunting. 2000 Country Illustr. Apr. 66/3 ‘There's a redcoat!’ cry the foot followers, after a very long, very patient wait..in the rain. < as lemmas |
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