单词 | kempery |
释义 | † kemperyn. Obsolete. rare. The practice of kemping or fighting. Only in kempery-man n. = kemp n.1 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > [noun] > prizefighter or professional fighter kempa700 cockera1275 prizera1616 prizefighter1682 kempery-mana1765 kempy1821 kemper1891 a1765 King Estmere liv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1885) II. iii. lx. 54/1 Downe then came the kemperye man. a1765 King Estmere lxvi in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1885) II. iii. lx. Up then rose the kemperye men. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. i. 77 I knew you would turn Viking and kemperyman.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.a1765 |
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