单词 | kabouter |
释义 | kaboutern. A gnome, goblin, or dwarf; transferred, used for a member of an anti-establishment political movement in Holland. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > gnome fairy of the mine1695 gnome1714 gnomide1728 knocker1747 kobold1830 kabouter1961 society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics of other European countries > [noun] > partisans in Dutch politics > associations > members of kabouter1961 provo1966 1961 T. Henrot Belgium 182 Each region has its familiar spirits..the dwarves kindly and quarrelsome—Nûtons in the grottoes of Namur, Kabouters on Campine's heaths, Sotâis of the Amblève. 1970 Guardian 6 June 11/4 Remember the Provos, Amsterdam's pacifist rebels..? Their successors, the Kaboute [sic] or Elves, have gone one better. They campaigned in the nude for this week's city council elections. 1970 Daily Tel. 30 June 16 World in Action (ITV) introduced the Kabouter, the gnomes of Amsterdam, an anti-establishment movement who wear pointed hats..and, to general astonishment, have won five seats on the city council. 1971 Guardian 13 Apr. 11/4 The Kabouters—the Dutch street action group. 1973 Reader's Digest Apr. 97/1 What city would have a political movement called the kabouters, or pixies? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1961 |
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