单词 | arch-pirate |
释义 | arch-piraten. A chief pirate; a pirate captain. Also transferred of literary piracy. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > piracy > [noun] > pirate > chief pirate arch-pirate1489 sea-king1819 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > plagiarist > [noun] plagiary1602 pirate1668 plagiarist1674 brain sucker1781 arch-pirate1828 plagiarizer1839 plagiator1889 cribber1892 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. ix. 107 An archepyrate, that is to say a grete thef of the see. 1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. iv. vii. §6. 420 The Pope..called him Archepirate, Archeheretique, and Apostata. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 84/1 in Chron. I One of the mates slew the archpyrate [1587 archpirat] or capitayn rouer as I may call him. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 144 Hasting a Norman Arch-pirate. a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) I. xii. 395 A sea-captain..gave the first claims to kings and archpirates over an unknown tract of country. 1828 R. Southey Poet. Epist. to A. Cunningham The Arch-Pirate Galignani hath prefix'd, A spurious portrait to a faithless life. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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