单词 | kaisership |
释义 | Kaisershipn. 1. With possessive adjective: a (mock) title of respect given to an emperor. Also in extended use. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > titles applied to royalty > specifically an emperor imperiality1839 Kaisership1848 1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics (ed. 2) 73 Two dozen of Italy's exiles who shoot us his Kaisership daily. 1891 Los Angeles Times 4 July 1/7 It is proposed to substitute for the review a march past at the House Guards, if his Kaisership can be induced to tolerate the spectacle. 1918 L. Hennessey & M. McFadden Jackie's Jingles 111 We're goin' to make music to stir up the world, And step on his Kaisership's corns. 1920 C. Van Vechten In Garret 155 Music of hell is usually associated with his kaisership the devil. 2. The office of emperor; the rule of the Kaiser. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [noun] > position or dignity of emperyc1325 empirea1450 emperorship1574 imperiousness1574 empiredoma1626 imperialness1677 Kaisership1855 Kaiserdom1871 Kaiserate1881 1855 T. Carlyle in Eclectic Mag. Mar. 310/1 He could have had the Kaisership, on Max's death. 1892 Daily News 27 Feb. 5/2 That party in Germany which does not find the Kaisership a perfect instrument of progress. 1952 P. Robertson Revol. of 1848 viii. 164 The constitution was all ready to be voted on, complete with a clause giving the hereditary kaisership to some ruling German prince. 2004 J. C. G. Röhl Wilhelm II ii. 33 Herbert was able to convince the Tsar..that the German kaisership was tied hereditarily to the Prussian royal house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848 |
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