| 单词 | great father |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGreat Father Great Father n. now chiefly historical (in representations of North American Indian speech) the President of the United States; cf. Great White Father n.This expression belongs to the fictive kinship terminology widely used in diplomatic relations by Indians of Eastern North America: see the discussion of red children n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(c)(i). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > in a republic > in U.S. president1784 Great White Father1806 Great Father1808 POTUS1895 1784 in J. Filson Discov., Settlement & Present State Kentucky (1793) 50 Piankashaw, speak, speak to the Americans. Then the Piankashaw Chief answered: My Great Father, the Long Knife, You have been many years among us. 1791 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1153/1 The same good will had prompted those present to come far to attend the treaty, with a belief of the friendly intentions of the Great Chief of the United States towards the Indian nations.] 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi 5 I spoke to them [sc. Indians] to the following purport: ‘That their great father, the president of the United States, [etc.]’. 1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) I. xx. 314 All the chiefs who..have come to negociate with their great father, as they call the President. 1881 Harper's Mag. Apr. 671/1 Spotted Tail has been to the Great Father's house so often that he has learned to tell lies and deceive people. 1954 Mil. Affairs 18 87/1 I told them..that I had come as a representative from the Great Father, at Washington,..and that he meant well with his red children. 1992 A. W. Eckert Sorrow in our Heart ix. 567 If you value the friendship of your Great Father, the President..let me hear by the return of the bearer that you have determined to follow my advice. < as lemmas |
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