| 单词 | pair of colours |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspair of colours c. In plural. Usually more fully pair of colours. An ensign's commission; the rank or position of an ensign. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > ensign > position of colours1722 ensignship1745 ensigncy1767 ensignhood1842 1722 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack 133 A Hundred Pound being at that time sufficient to buy a Colours in any New Regiment. 1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 60 From wearing a Livery, you may probably soon carry a Pair of Colours. 1747 D. Garrick Miss in her Teens i. 2 Purchas'd me a Pair of Colours at my own Request. 1801 C. Smith Let. 31 July (2003) 375 If..I could obtain a pair of Colours for George, I should not be without hope of getting him on. 1856 J. W. Cole Mem. Brit. Gen. Penins. War I. i. 7 An ensigncy, or, as it is figuratively called, a pair of colours, in the 51st. 1871 ‘Holme Lee’ Miss Barrington I. vi. 84 Wait till this little Jack of yours gets a pair of colours. 1908 A. Griffiths Thrice Captive vi. 50 Let him take his rank in society, buy him a pair of colours. 1990 C. Harrod-Eagles Regency (1995) 217 Maybe your mother would buy me a pair of colours, in the hope that I'd get killed. < as lemmas |
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