单词 | king-deposer |
释义 | > as lemmasking-deposer (a) With agent nouns, as king-crowner, king-deposer, king-murderer, king-queller, etc.See also king-killer n., kingmaker n. ΚΠ 1563 A. Neville tr. Seneca Lamentable Trag. Œdipus sig. B.iiii The Thebane Citie neuer shall, be free from Plagues..Except from thence the Kyng queller [1581 Kingkiller; L. regis caede nocens] forthwith expulsed be. ?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Fiiii The Lordes of the realme..earnestly requirit the publike kyngmurderer to be brought forth to due executioun. 1611 J. Maxwell tr. Treasure of Tranquillity sig. av The great King-crowner [hath] set vpon his seruants head a crowne. 1652 Mercurius Politicus No. 111. 1734 Serpent-tailes, King-Murtherers, Villanies, and I know not what. 1737 Daily Post 19 Feb. 1/1 The Cromwellians, and Oliver's Rabble of King-Murderers. 1867 Times 5 Sept. 6/2 The offending Monarch..may have a wholesome fear of attracting to his dominions so formidable a race of King-deposers. 1879 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Aug. 6/1 Leigh has been deputed to the Amatongas, to kindle among them a mercenary friendship and constitute them our King catchers. 1902 A. Lang James VI & Gowrie Myst. xii. 157 Logan was a retainer of Bothwell, that meteor-like adventurer and king-catcher. 1996 I. Sharkansky Israel & its Bible v. 132 Jeremiah's persistent concern with the activities of the kings..suggests an aspiration to be a king maker or king deposer. 2014 C. Wild in B. Quiring If then World a Theatre Present 106 The weird sisters are as much king makers as king murderers. < as lemmas |
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