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单词 paladin
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paladinn.adj.

Brit. /ˈpalədɪn/, U.S. /ˈpæləd(ə)n/
Forms: 1500s palladine, 1500s–1600s palladyne, 1500s– paladin, 1600s paladine, 1600s 1800s palladin.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French palladin.
Etymology: < Middle French palladin, Middle French, French paladin knight errant, one of the twelve peers of Charlemagne (1552; 1512 as adjective), very brave and chivalrous man (1606) < Italian paladino one of the twelve peers of Charlemagne (a1292, probably after Old French palatin palatine n.1; a1250 as adjective in sense ‘noble’), defender, supporter (a1321) < classical Latin palātīnus palatine n.1 Compare Spanish paladín (1538; apparently < French), paladino (1549; < Italian), German Paladin (17th cent.; < French). Compare palatine adj.1 and n.1, palasin adj.
A. n.
In modern forms of the Charlemagne romances: any of the twelve peers or most famed warriors of Charlemagne's court. Hence: a knight renowned for heroism and chivalry; a famous champion; spec. a Knight of the Round Table. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > brave warrior
thanec893
berne937
helethOE
wightlingc1330
felona1400
viragoa1513
thunderer1586
paladin1592
Fian1787
beau sabreur1834
war hero1898
the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > brave warrior > knightly hero
knight-errantc1400
knight adventurous1429
knight of adventurers1530
paladin1592
Palmerin1613
knight adventurera1640
erranta1643
preux chevalier1771
Galahad1854
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > peer or lord of parliament > who possessed territory in France > body of peers in France > one of peers of France
douzepersc1275
peer1488
paladin1592
1592 S. Daniel Delia xlvi Let others sing of Knights and Palladines.
1598 R. Barnfield Encomion Lady Pecunia i. sig. A4 Angellica the faire, (For whom the Palladine of Fraunce fell mad).
c1604 Charlemagne (1938) i. 5 Of braue Orlando the greate palladyne.
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words at Palatinate Certain knights of this Island, in ancient times called Knights of the round Table, were called Paladines.
1755 W. Huggins & T. H. Croker tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso II. xxxiii. lxxi They gave themselves too lofty vantery, That France no knight or Paladin could shew To stand before the weakest of them three.
1787 W. Beckford Portuguese Jrnl. 2 Aug. (1954) 150 No paladin who drank at the fountains of Merlin was ever more suddenly disenchanted.
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. lii. 411 The true Peers and Paladins of French chivalry.
1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics xiii. 283 Resolved on treading in the footsteps of Charlemagne and his paladins.
1882 J. E. Jenkins (title) A paladin of finance.
1926 Amer. Mercury July p. xiii, (advt.) The hope of literary history, the paladin to whom we look to deliver us from the dragon of historical dreariness.
1992 Dragon Mag. Feb. 23/1 The paladin is a heroic figure of epic quests.
B. adj.
That is a paladin; of or relating to a paladin; knightly, heroic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [adjective]
heroical?a1475
heroicc1550
heroic1592
Argonautic1794
paladin1845
Bunyanesque1888
1845 J. H. Ingraham Henry Howard i. 4 In imitation of the ancient paladin knights, I have chosen to surrender my arms to the most formidable of my enemies, matrimony.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xiv. 270 The spirit of her old Paladin ancestor.
1917 R. W. Chambers in D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox I. Pref. p. v His was a knightly mind; a paladin character.
1995 This Mag. July 14/1 Klein and Manning both make much of their western roots, with Ralph playing the gunslinger and Preston the paladin evangelist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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