| 单词 | halberd bearer |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalberd bearer halberd bearer n. a soldier armed with a halberd (now historical); (also) a person, esp. a guard, who carries a halberd as a symbol of office; a halberdier. ΚΠ a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) xiii. ix. f. 517v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Halbert Ane garde of wageouris or halbert beraris cruell & reddy for tuleȝe. 1775 J. W. Fletcher Zelotes & Honestus Reconciled (ed. 2) ii. xvii. 224 To rank him with an halberd-bearer. 1859 F. Lancelott Queens of Eng. I. 443/2 Her cousins..became sewer, and halbert-bearer to the King, and cupbearer to the Queen. 1959 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 22 Dec. 1/6 Honor guards of spear carriers and orange-cloaked halberd bearers waited at attention for his arrival. 1992 P. Contamine in G. G. Simpson Scot. Soldier Abroad 1247–1967 ii. 16 There were..troops from Wales and the kingdom of Aragon; pike and halberd-bearers from the former leagues of High Germany. < as lemmas |
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