请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 folkmoot
释义

folkmootfolkmoten.

Forms: [Old English folcgemot], Middle English folkesmot, 1500s folckmote, 1500s–1600s folkemote, (1600s falkmoth, 1800s folkmuth), 1800s folkemote, folcmoot, 1500s–1800s folkmote, Middle English–1800s folkmoot.
Etymology: Old English folcgemōt, < folc, folk n. + mót, gemót meeting.
Obsolete exc. Historical.
A general assembly of the people of a town, city, or shire.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > English
witenagemotc1000
portmanmoot1185
swanimote1189
folkmoota1513
micklemote1647
micklegemota1683
tun-moot1881
OE Laws of Æðelstan (Otho) ii. xii. 156 On þæra gerefena gewitnesse on folcgemote.]
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxviiv [He] callyd at Pawlys Crosse, a Folkmoot.
?1530 J. Rastell Pastyme of People sig. *Bv Places of syttynge..appoynted..at the Folkemote at Poules crosse.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. iv. sig. D3 To which folke-mote they all with one consent..Agreed to trauell, and their fortunes try. View more context for this quotation
1642 W. Prynne Soveraigne Antidote Civill Wars 9 Commanders of the Militia in every County were elected..in a full Falkmoth.
1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 112 (note) He..directed a folkmote or common hall to be held on Sunday the 27th of that month.
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. iv. v. 276 I will ask the King's leave to go to my East Anglians, and hold there a folkmuth.
1892 Ld. Tennyson Foresters i. iii How should we cope with John? The London folkmote Has made him all but king.

Derivatives

ˈfolk-mooter n. Obsolete ? a parochial politician.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > small-minded or parochial
folk-mooter1645
peanut politician1888
parish pumper1905
1645 J. Milton Colasterion 20 These matters are not for pragmatics, and folkmooters to babble in.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
<
n.a1513
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/21 10:44:52