单词 | nelsonian |
释义 | Nelsonianadj. Of, relating to, or reminiscent of Nelson; belonging to Nelson, or to his times. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [adjective] Nelsonic1846 Nelsonian1854 a1809 R. M. Wilson Jrnl. (modernized text) in H. G. Thursfield Five Naval Jrnls. (1951) 241 Our leader Lieutenant Watson conducted himself Nelsonian-like.] 1854 Littell's Living Age 7 Jan. 95/1 Lieut. Parsons, in his ‘Nelsonian Reminiscences’, relates the following. 1871 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 327 When the storm has begun, it is the fashion to call upon the people to ‘do their duty’. Even Napoleon had learned this Nelsonian phrase. 1913 Q. Rev. Apr. 461 We have only to go back to the eighties to find ships..with their..guns still mounted on the Nelsonian trucks worked by hand~spikes. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Sept. 699/4 The Nelsonian mannerisms of words, dress and movements. 1959 V. Sandelson in H. Thomas Establishment (1962) 122 Nelsonian blind eyes abound. 1971 B. Callison Plague of Sailors iv. 134 It was conceivable that Their Lords of the Admiralty might have been prepared to turn a Nelsonian blind eye to H.M. Ships shooting up the odd foreign cargo boat. 1991 Navy News Oct. 19/1 Admiral Nelson is still a much respected and revered figure in the Japanese Navy, where many Nelsonian traditions live on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1854 |
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