单词 | nullifier |
释义 | nullifiern. 1. A person who or thing which nullifies something; (U.S.) a person who supports nullification (see nullification n. 2). ΚΠ 1830 Massachusetts Spy 7 July 2/1 This argument was considered by all the nullifiers as overwhelming. 1832 W. Irving Life & Lett. (1866) III. 44 A member of the legislature, and one of the leaders of the nullifiers. 1894 J. Fiske Hist. Amer. 312 To the mixture of threat with persuasion the nullifiers yielded. 1934 ‘D. A. Stewart’ in Astounding Stories Nov. 52 The machine was resting on gravity nullifiers. 1960 R. K. Webb H. Martineau v. 166 The nullifiers—defenders of states' rights—were correct as far as their opposition to the tariff went. 1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Mar. 27/1 Cochran probably won over all the incipient nullifiers on the jury without literally calling for nullification. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > other high shoea1387 patten1390 nine1599 foot glove1720 nullifier1840 mud-scow1863 sew-round1885 trilby1895 Buster Brown1904 straight1934 1840 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 20 Sept. 2/3 His understandings [sc. shoes] could not be legitimately called boots, brogans or nullifiers. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 298 Nullifier..was also applied to a sort of shoe, made like a decapitated boot, brought into fashion in the ‘nullification’ times. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830 |
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