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Armagnacn.1 Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly from a proper name. Etymons: French Armagnac; proper name Armagnac. Etymology: < Middle French Armagnac, Armignac, Arminac, Ermignac, Erminacq (all early 15th cent.; chiefly in plural; French Armagnac, now historical in this sense), and its etymon, the name of Bernard VII, Comte d'Armagnac (d. 1418), leader of a military faction in the civil war (see definition). See further Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch XXV. (at cited word).The Middle French forms with initial e (reflected in the α. forms) result from alteration of the name of the insurgents after Middle French ermine ermine n., on account of the fact that they wore a white sash, the colour of which resembled that of ermine fur. In form Armeniaci after Latin masculine plurals in -i. Now historical. society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [noun] > support of specific dynasty or government > supporter of 1420 in T. Rymer (1709) IX. 917 Citees, Townes..and Persons, wythin the Roialme of France..which bene, of that Partye, comonely called Dalphin or Ermynak. c1436 Duke Burgundy (Rome) l. 44 in R. H. Robbins (1959) 87 Whan thou were beseged with many a thousand Of Armynakes, thay did the rescewe! 1543 ( (1812) 367 (MED) Thenglyshe..with battayll bet awaye Tharmynakes. 1611 T. Coryate sig. Kk8 [The battle was] betwixt the Armeniaci (so called from a certaine Earledome of Aquitanie..) and the Heluetians. 1683 J. Bulteel tr. F. E. de Mézeray ii. 434 The Dauphin declared himself against the Armagnacs [Fr. Armagnacs]. 1751 W. Blennerhassett II. xiv. 533 The young Dauphin immediately espoused the Party of the Armagnacs, for so the Orleans faction was then called. 1819 J. Lingard III. xxi. 310 The two parties of the Bourgignons and the Armagnacs. 1868 C. M. Yonge I. i. 3 This brother had always been an Armagnac, and had risen and thriven with his party. 1901 S. J. Weyman xiii. 127 Such a carnage as the hapless city had not beheld since the great slaughter of the Armagnacs. 1968 F. White xi. 159 The Armagnacs of Quercy adhered to France. 2014 (Nexis) 11 Oct. King Charles VI and his weak dauphin were the figureheads of a military power known as the Armagnacs. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Armagnacn.2 Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Armagnac. Etymology: < Armagnac, the name of a region of southern France (most of which falls within the department of Gers), where the brandy is produced. Compare French armagnac (1802). the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun] > types of brandy 1797 24 Jan. (advt.) Landing, this Day,..from Bordeaux,..Fine flavoured Armagnac and Cogniac Brandy. 1805 21 Oct. (advt.) French brandy, 20 pipes old Cognac, 180 do Armignac. 1850 A. K. Johnston 539/2 Gers, a dep. in the S.W. of France... Wine is produced..and a good deal of it is converted into Armagnac brandy. 1856 X. 595/2 The remainder [of the wine produced in the department of Gers] is chiefly manufactured into brandy, known by the name of Armagnac. 1920 G. Saintsbury 119 You may drink Armagnac after Burgundy now and they won't quarrel. 1974 28 Sept. 8 For two or more generations it has been illegal to produce armagnac by any method other than one involving a single distillation. 2011 P. Robinson vii. 117 I usually take a small Armagnac, myself, around this time of day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). <  n.11420 n.21797 |
