单词 | guisard |
释义 | † Guisardn.1 Obsolete. A partisan of the Guise faction in France in the 16th cent. (In the first quot. apparently used with allusion to the name of Guy Fawkes.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [noun] > adherent of Guise faction Guisian1562 Guisard1606 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. F4 Factious Guyziards, that lay traines of seditiõ to blow vp the cõmõ-wealth. 1682 J. Dryden Medall Epist. Whigs sig. A3v The holy League of the French Guisards. 1683 J. Dryden Vindic. ‘Duke of Guise’ 32 The three Estates were at that time compos'd generally of Guisards, factious, hot-headed rebellious interressed men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). guisardn.2 Chiefly Scottish. One who goes about in a fantastic guise or dress; a masquerader, a mummer. See also guiser n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > mumming > [noun] > mummer mummera1456 disguiser1481 guiser1488 guisard1626 guise-dancer1846 1626 Presbytery Rec. Lanark in Annals Lesmahagow (1864) 149 Wm Weir pyper to the gysarts of Lesmohego. 1696 in Maidment Sc. Pasquils (1868) 307 Thou would terrify the Souterkines, More than a gyzard in black sheep skines. 1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 28 The thrid was an auld, wizen'd, haave coloured carlen, a sad gysard indeed, an' as baul as ony ettercap. 1770 Dalrymple in Bannatyne Poems Notes 286 The exhibitions of gysarts are still known in Scotland, being the same with the Christmas mommery of the English. 1805 J. Nicol Poems I. 29 (Jam.) Whan gloamin gray comes frae the east, Through a' the gysarts venture; In sarks an' paper helmets drest. 1854 H. Keddie Phemie Millar III. 191 It is not Christmas to be looking out for guisards. 1869 Mrs. Gordon Life D. Brewster xii. 182 Apparitions of tall bearded guisards into quiet families. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Guizard, Guizart, Guizer, a masquerader, a mummer. Derivatives ˈguisard v. (intransitive) to act as a guisard, to masquerade. (Only in verbal noun.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > mumming > mum [verb (intransitive)] muma1456 guisard1815 mummer1901 guiser1907 janney1964 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 268 They hae ta'en Yule before it comes and are ganging a guisarding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11606n.21626 |
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