单词 | armigeral |
释义 | armigeraladj. Of or relating to a squire or squires; of the character of a squire. Now also: of or relating to heraldic arms; entitled to bear heraldic arms (cf. armigerous adj.). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [adjective] > characteristic of a squire squirely1612 squirish1755 squiral1791 armigeral1806 squirearchal1830 squirearchical1845 squirearch1893 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > [adjective] > entitled to bear heraldic arms armiferous1656 armigerous1727 armigeral1806 1806 S. Smith Let. in S. Holland Mem. S. Smith (1855) II. 21 In armigeral, priestly, and swine-feeding society. 1821 S. Smith in Edinb. Rev. Mar. 126 A live armigeral spring-gun would distinguish an accidental trespasser from a real poacher. 1910 Amer. Catholic Q. Rev. Apr. 329 These aristocrats of the stage..hate the people with a greater hate than the long-descended squires, ducal or armigeral. 1922 P. H. Baskervill Skeltons of Paxton v. 49 The Skelton family is undoubtedly ‘armigeral’, i.e. entitled to heraldic arms. 1968 Robesonian (Lumberton, N. Carolina) 5 Sept. 4/7 There are other thousands who are indeed fully armigeral but don't know it. 1997 B. S. Hammond Professional Imaginative Writing in Eng. v. 166 But the true aesthetic sense, like the moral sense, does not derive from any reading programme, even such an armigeral one as this. 2012 D. B. Hart Devil & Pierre Gernet i. 14 Gold cufflinks inlaid with armigeral devices. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1806 |
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