单词 | lancer |
释义 | † lancern.1 Obsolete. One who, or that which lances, in senses of the verb. 1. One who lances or throws (a dart). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one using missiles > dart lancera1500 darter1565 far-darter1598 dartman1606 dartsman1770 a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 215 Archeris, abblastres, and Lanceouris of Dartes brandynge. 2. = lancet n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > knife, lancet, or scalpel blood iron1401 phlebotomec1425 lancentc1440 lancet1474 phlebotomy1477 lancer1537 fleam1552 racer1570 lancelet1574 lance1575 lance-knife1610 catling1617 incision-knife1617 bistort1655 scalpel1742 bistoury1748 dissector1841 scarificator1879 thumb-lancet1903 society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > with two sharp edges lancentc1440 lancer1537 1537 Bible (Matthew's) 1 Kings xviii. 28 They..cut them selues as their maner was with knyues and launcers [1611 lancers]. 1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell (1627) 177 Raze him with a crooked launcer, from the heele to the toe. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Lanciatore, a launcer. 1614 T. White Martyrdome St. George sig. Cv The Pincers, Lancers, Hunger, Thirst did tyre His holy bodie. a1625 J. Boys Wks. (1629–30) 39 They did see him whetting his lancer to cut the throat of the disease. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 324/2 Another [Farriers Instrument] with a sharp point, called a Lancer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2021). lancern.2 1. A (cavalry) soldier armed with a lance; now only, a soldier belonging to one of certain regiments officially called Lancers.In the British army there were, in 1901, six regiments of Lancers, the 5th, 9th, 12th, 16th, 17th, and 21st. They were armed with carbine (formerly sword) and pistol as well as lance. They have since been reorganized as three regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps, the 16th/5th, 9th/12th, and 17th/21st Lancers. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > spear or lance spearc1275 spearman1297 lance-knight1530 demi-lancer1552 demi-lancea1556 spearer1574 lance-man1589 lancer1590 javelineer1600 javelotier1600 lance1602 spearsman1836 javelin-man1846 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > others jousterc1330 knight1489 rutter1506 reister1521 reiter1556 ruiter1579 hargulater1581 lancer1590 lance1602 rutar1610 dragon1620 dragoon1622 right-hand man1626 dragooner1639 leaguerer1639 deli1667 Light Dragoon1700 uhlan1753 sabre1836 parachutist1837 sabreur1845 yellow leg1857 spahi1863 horse-marine1878 uhlaner1886 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun] spahi1562 legionnaire1595 strelitz1603 Croat1623 deli1667 Croatian1700 lancer1712 highlander1725 lambs1744 royals1762 light-bob1778 fly-slicer1785 Life Guardsman1785 royals?1795 Hottentot1796 yeoman1798 pandour1800 Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811 forty-two man1816 kilty1842 Zouave1848 bumblerc1850 Inniskilliner1853 blue cap1857 turco1860 Zou-Zou1860 mudlark1878 king's man1883 Johnny1888 Piffer1892 evzone1897 horse gunner1897 dink1906 army ranger1910 grognard1912 Jock1914 chocolate soldier1915 Cook's tourist1915 dinkum1916 Anzaca1918 choc1917 ranger1942 Chindit1943 Desert Rat1944 Green Beret1949 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. F5v Backt by stout Lanceres of Germany. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xiii. 608/2 In his Companie were..not aboue fifteen Lanciers. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Lanciere, a launcier. 1648 Lanc. Tracts (Chetham Soc.) 263 Collonal Thornhaugh..was slaine, being ran into the body, and thigh, and head, by the enemies Launcers. 1712 Perquisite Monger 14 Invested with the Command of a Regiment of Horse and a Troop of Lanciers. 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. v. 159 The lancer is to have his lance near the right foot. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) III. 362 The lancer has sword and pistol besides his lance. 2. plural. The name of a species of quadrille. Also the music proper to this dance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [noun] > specific dances brawla1542 branglec1550 caterbrawl1565 bransle1590 branle1674 bocanea1701 cotillion1766 quadrille1773 German cotillion1831 supper quadrille1831 Grandpère1835 galop1837 brantle1846 German1853 lancers1862 grandfather1897 1862 Athenæum 25 Jan. 111 The ‘Lancers’, now so fashionable, was introduced by Laborde in 1836. 1868 B. Harte Arctic Vision Trip it all ye merry dancers In the airiest of lancers. 1870 H. Smart Race for Wife i. 4 As she whirls by in the Valse, or glides in front of them in the Lancers. Compounds C1. General attributive. lancer-braiding n. ΚΠ 1897 Daily News 16 Mar. 6/4 Bolero white cloth is arranged under the lancer braiding. lancer-cap n. ΚΠ 1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. iii. 81 The lancer cap and green habit of the Honourable Juliana Beningfield! lancer-regiment n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British Ulsters1649 Scots Guardsa1675 fusilier1680 guards1682 Scots Dragoons1689 Scots Fusiliers1689 Inniskilling1715 Scots Greys1728 blue1737 Black Watch1739 Oxford blues1766 green linnets1793 Grenadiers1800 slashers1802 the Buffs1806 tartan1817 Gay Gordons1823 cheesemongers1824 Green Jacket1824 The Bays1837 RHA1837 dirty half-hundred1841 die-hard1844 lifeguard1849 cherry-picker1865 lancer-regiment1868 cheeses1877 Territorial Regiment1877 the Sweeps1879 dirty shirts1887 Scottish Rifles1888 shiner1891 Yorkshire1898 imperials1899 Irish guards1902 Hampshires1904 BEF1914 Old Contemptibles1915 contemptibles1917 Tank Corps1917 the Tins1918 skins1928 pioneer corps1939 red devils1943 Blues and Royals1968 U.D.R.1969 1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army ⁋1146 In a lancer Regiment, the Men who collected the lances, are to be marched to the baggage waggons. C2. lancer-like adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [adjective] figured1711 lancer-like1892 1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 248 Making..quadrille and lancer-like figures with sudden turns on the toes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1a1500n.21590 |
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