单词 | matchlock-man |
释义 | > as lemmasmatchlock-man matchlock-man n. a soldier armed with a matchlock gun. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > one armed with firelock, matchlock, etc. firelock1630 buxerry1748 matchlock-man1785 percussionist1817 1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Hist. Europe 32/1 No less than 1,800 were matchlock-men. 1893 W. Forbes-Mitchell Reminisc. Great Mutiny 254 Some seven or eight hundred matchlock-men opened fire on them. 1992 G. Hancock Sign & Seal ii. vii. 172 Gragn..led hordes of wild Somali troops (supported by Arab mercenaries and Turkish matchlockmen) on a rampage into the Christian highlands. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。