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单词 iron chancellor
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Iron Chancellor
Iron Chancellor n. [apparently after German eiserner Kanzler (although this is first attested slightly later: 1872 or earlier)] (a nickname for) Otto von Bismarck (see Bismarck n.), used with reference to his style of foreign policy, which favoured military force over diplomacy, and his domestic domination, which brought about the reorganization and unification of Germany; also in extended use. Cf. man of blood and iron at blood and iron n. Phrases.
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1871 Bradford Observer 6 Feb. 3/1 A delay in the elections means the protraction of the armistice, and we much doubt whether the iron Chancellor will assent to that.
1889 Harper's Mag. Aug. 437/1 The iron Chancellor, the head of genius which guided the docile arm [sc. the old Emperor].
1915 F. M. Hueffer When Blood is their Argument ii. 127 The fall of the Iron Chancellor really did send a shock of alarm through the world.
1999 New Yorker 6 Dec. 119/2 Blair publicly rejoices that he has, in Gordon Brown, an ‘Iron Chancellor’.
2004 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Oct. (Jobs & Money section) 12 Germany was the first country to found a state pension system under the original ‘Iron Chancellor’, Otto von Bismarck.
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