单词 | man-at-arms |
释义 | man-at-armsn. A soldier, a warrior; spec. a heavily armed soldier on horseback. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > heavy-armed man-of-armsa1375 man-at-arms1561 gendarmec1565 cuirassier1625 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. M.iiiv A man at armes in fourm of a wield shepehearde. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) iii. 161 Two brothers..both men at armes [Fr. hommes d'armes (1580)], and in pay with the King. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 141 The Man at Armes is armed complete, with his cuyrasses of proofe [etc.].., well mounted vpon a strong & couragious horse. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 109 They are able to bring to the field 2000. men at Armes, and infinite troopes of light Horsemen. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 174 They so belabored him, being sturdy men at Arms, that they made him make a Retreat. View more context for this quotation 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. Introd. 3 The victory is not gained by the men at arms, who manage the pike and the sword, but by the trumpeters, drummers, and musicians of the army. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vi. 300 A man-at-arms upon a barded steed. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles vi. xii. 238 His men-at-arms bear mace and lance. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. vii. 193 He was easily tempted to become a socager, paying rent or gavel, instead of a free..man-at-arms. 1926 D. H. Lawrence David vii. 48 David! Hast thou left the sheep to come among the men-at-arms? 1996 White Dwarf Sept. 17/2 (caption) Men-at-arms with spears or bows accompany their masters to battle and provide the army's doughty soldiery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1561 |
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