单词 | mauritan |
释义 | † Mauritann.adj. Obsolete. A. n. A native or inhabitant of the ancient region of Mauretania in North Africa; = Mauritanian adj. 1. ΚΠ c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 6331 (MED) Anoþer folk woneþ þerby Þat ben yhoten Maritiny [v.r. Mauritymy]. Foure eiȝen..Vche..bereþ in his face.] a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 19 Cam had iiii childirn..Futh—of him come þei of Libi and eke þe Mauritanes. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus Pref. sig. Aiii What time as the Mauritans & men learned in the Arabik tung & doctrin, possessed a great part of Spain. 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 70v Iuba king of the Mauritans. 1615 T. Heywood Foure Prentises sig. K2v Vnto Nubia's bounds, From Lybia and the Land of Mauritans. 1626 W. Vaughan Golden Fleece ii. xvii. 89 From a selfe-will'd rash Puritane, As from a Foole, or Mauritane... Our Sauiours Genius Shield and protect vs. B. adj. = Mauritanian adj. 1. rare. ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxiijv Granado, which many yeres had bene possessed of the Moores or Mawritane nacion. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.a1464 |
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