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单词 palaestrian
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palaestriann.adj.

Brit. /pəˈliːstrɪən/, /pəˈlʌɪstrɪən/, U.S. /pəˈlɛstriən/
Forms: 1500s 1800s– palestrian, 1900s– palaestrian.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: palaestra n., -ian suffix.
Etymology: < palaestra n. + -ian suffix. With use as adjective compare earlier palaestral adj. 1, palaestric adj.
rare.
A. n.
A student of the palaestra; a practitioner of wrestling or other athletic exercises.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > wrestler
wrestlerc1050
athlete1585
palaestrian1599
warsler1820
matman1923
chanty wrastler1954
1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. Qiv The wrastlers, called also Palestrians.
1989 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 19 Feb. vi. 1/1 The headlines called her all kinds of things, and she loved it: The Girl of Nerve. The Aerial Sensationalist... She was the Wonder Woman of her day, the prestigious palestrian of an earlier time.
B. adj.
= palaestral adj. 1. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [adjective]
palaestrala1425
palaestrialc1460
palaestrical1579
athletical1581
athletic1585
agonistical1643
agonistic1656
palaestric1658
athletary1660
palaestrian1828
pan-athletic1897
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [adjective]
palaestrala1425
palaestrialc1460
palaestrical1579
palaestric1658
palaestrian1828
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Palestrian, Palestric.
1846 A. Spiers Gen. Eng. & French Dict. 419/3 Palestrian, palæstrian.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1599
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