| 单词 | inquisitor-major |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinquisitor-major a. [The senses of some of the compounds below have probably been influenced by major n.2] Designating someone or something greater or more senior within a given group. In certain compounds adopted from French, as in quart (also quint, tierce) major: see quart n.4, quint n.2, tierce n.1; in military titles, as drum major n., sergeant-major n.; and in some ad hoc formations, as inquisitor-major, (humorously) poet-major. Also in bob major: see bob n.5 ΚΠ 1540 T. Wyatt Let. 7 Jan. (1963) iv. 126 I woll wryte to the Cardinal of Toledo, that is inquisitor maior, that I may be informid. ?1593 H. Chettle Kind-harts Dreame sig. C2 He whipt her with a foxes taille, Barnes minor, and he whipt her with a foxes taille, Barnes maior. 1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) i. ii, in Wks. I. 9 One is a Rimer sir, o' your owne batch, your owne leuin; but doth think himselfe Poet-maior, o' the towne. 1659 J. Lamont Diary 17 Feb. (1830) 114 He entered bajan with Mr Ja. Weyms, maior, regent ther. < as lemmas |
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