单词 | lyncher |
释义 | lynchern. A person who inflicts extralegal summary punishment on an alleged or convicted offender; a member of a lynch mob. Cf. lynch v. 1.Particularly associated with the extrajudicial execution of African Americans, especially that perpetrated in Southern states from the end of the American Civil War (1865) to the Civil Rights movement in the mid 20th cent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > one who lynches lynch man1811 lyncher1834 1834 D. Crockett Narr. Life vii. 101 Each Lyncher was supplied with a cowskin, and they took turns at the flogging until the flesh hung in ribands from his body. 1881 Times 21 Feb. 5/6 The mob of lynchers numbered 200. 1968 E. Cleaver Soul on Ice ii. iv. 122 If this sweethearting proves successful..then it will be the black man's turn again to face the lyncher and burner of the world. 2020 Salon.com (Nexis) 21 Sept. According to the Equal Justice Initiative, of all lynchings committed after 1900, only 1 percent resulted in a lyncher being convicted of a criminal offense of any kind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834 |
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