单词 | grass rooter |
释义 | > as lemmasˈgrass rooter ˈgrass rooter n. originally U.S. a person who belongs to or supports the grass roots of an organization, industry, etc., or of society more generally; an ordinary person or rank-and-file member; cf. sense 2a. ΚΠ 1913 Everybody's Mag. Mar. 427/1 Ever since Mr. Lawson started his articles in Everybody's several years ago, I have been very much interested, as a grass rooter, not so much in what Mr. Lawson has had to say, as in the mental processes of the man. 1947 Chicago Times 28 June 13/4 Other straw polls in other states indicate that Republican ‘Grass rooters’ quite generally feel the same way. 1961 Flying Feb. 30/1 In the Congress are grass rooters of imposing stature, such as Mike Monroney and Barry Goldwater, who understand the nature of airpower. 2005 Western Mail (Nexis) 27 July (Business section) 17 His exhortation that the public, private and voluntary sectors in the UK should focus more on maximising income and benefits from a more positive engagement with the European Union must have had Euro sceptic grass rooters dashing for their Kalashnikovs. < as lemmas |
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