单词 | inniskilling |
释义 | Inniskillingn. Used attributively or absol. to designate a regiment originally raised for the defence of Inniskilling in 1689. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British Ulsters1649 Scots Guardsa1675 fusilier1680 guards1682 Scots Dragoons1689 Scots Fusiliers1689 Inniskilling1715 Scots Greys1728 blue1737 Black Watch1739 Oxford blues1766 green linnets1793 Grenadiers1800 slashers1802 the Buffs1806 tartan1817 Gay Gordons1823 cheesemongers1824 Green Jacket1824 The Bays1837 RHA1837 dirty half-hundred1841 die-hard1844 lifeguard1849 cherry-picker1865 lancer-regiment1868 cheeses1877 Territorial Regiment1877 the Sweeps1879 dirty shirts1887 Scottish Rifles1888 shiner1891 Yorkshire1898 imperials1899 Irish guards1902 Hampshires1904 BEF1914 Old Contemptibles1915 contemptibles1917 Tank Corps1917 the Tins1918 skins1928 pioneer corps1939 red devils1943 Blues and Royals1968 U.D.R.1969 1690 A. Hamilton (title) A true relation of the actions of the Inniskillingmen, from their first taking up of arms in December, 1688 for the defence of the Protestant religion, and their lives and liberties.] 1715 in E. S. Jackson Inniskilling Dragoons (1909) ii. 35 A detachment of Greys and Inniskillings arrived in Edinburgh from Stirling. 1797 Encycl. Brit. IX. 243/2 Its [sc. Inniskilling's] inhabitants distinguished themselves..in the wars of Ireland at the revolution, out of which a regiment of dragoons, bearing the title of the Inniskilleners, was mostly formed. They form the 6th regiment of dragoons in the British Army. 1817 G. Jones Battle of Waterloo II. 55 The second heavy brigade of cavalry..consisted of..the 6th, or Inniskillings. 1822 M. Edgeworth Let. 11 Feb. (1971) 347 Will you inquire for Wilkie what is put on the caps of the Inniskellen 6th Dragoons... If you know of any Dragoon that would be better than the Inniskillen tell me. 1893 J. C. Ropes Campaign of Waterloo xvi. 300 In rear of the left wing..stood the Union brigade..composed of the Royal Dragoons, the Scots Greys, and the Inniskilling Dragoons. 1968 Encycl. Brit. IX. 185/1 At Newtownbutler, in 1689, the Protestant Enniskillen men severely defeated a superior Roman Catholic army of James II and began the victorious tradition of the ‘Inniskillings’, now represented in the British Army by the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. 1971 G. Blaxland Regiments Depart vi. 204 The previous December..the Inniskilling Dragoon Guards were relieved by the 1st Royal Tank Regiment. Derivatives Inniˈskilliner n. a member of this regiment. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun] spahi1562 legionnaire1595 strelitz1603 Croat1623 deli1667 Croatian1700 lancer1712 highlander1725 lambs1744 royals1762 light-bob1778 fly-slicer1785 Life Guardsman1785 royals?1795 Hottentot1796 yeoman1798 pandour1800 Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811 forty-two man1816 kilty1842 Zouave1848 bumblerc1850 Inniskilliner1853 blue cap1857 turco1860 Zou-Zou1860 mudlark1878 king's man1883 Johnny1888 Piffer1892 evzone1897 horse gunner1897 dink1906 army ranger1910 grognard1912 Jock1914 chocolate soldier1915 Cook's tourist1915 dinkum1916 Anzaca1918 choc1917 ranger1942 Chindit1943 Desert Rat1944 Green Beret1949 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 141/1 Inniskilliners, the officers and soldiers of the 6th dragoons and the 27th foot are so called, from the two regiments having been originally raised at Inniskilling, a town of Ulster. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1715 |
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