peace campn.

Brit.

/ˈpiːs kamp/, U.S.

/ˈpis ˌkæmp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: peace n., camp n.²

Etymology: < peace n. + camp n.²

1. A camp established in wartime for the accommodation of those not actively involved in the conflict. Now historical.In earliest use referring to soldiers; during the South African War (1899–1902) used of encampments set up for the accommodation of peaceable non-combatants.

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1873 Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 378/1 A force of which a fourth or fifth must be struck off before it can face the perils of a peace camp on Dartmoor is hardly, in physical calibre, what the country should rely on.

1889 Aberdeen Weekly Jrnl. 23 July 6/6 An incentive to brother-officers..to spend a portion of their time in visiting some of the great peace camps of Europe.

1898 Boston Daily Globe 2 Aug. 5/3 The surgeon general recommends drastic measures to protect the lives of the volunteers, who are dying in peace camps, without a chance to get to the front.

1901 Times 31 May 8/2 The Government has..formed a peace camp at Simon's Town with the object of separating the prisoners who wish for peace from those who persist in supporting the war.

1974 Mil. Hist. Jrnl. (S. Afr.) 3 16/2 It was suggested to Milner that..those prisoners who were leaning towards peace be parted from their irreconcilable brethren and placed in separate ‘Peace Camps’ in order to free them from victimization.

2. A camp set up to promote peace; spec. an informal encampment set up as a public protest against a military establishment or against some aspect of military policy.

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1929 Birmingham Daily Gaz. 4 Sept. 12/2 (caption) Young Peace Crusaders, who are touring Europe to speak at all the principal towns in order to promote universal peace, include Britons, Germans, Frenchmen and Belgians. Picture shows the procession of Crusaders tramping through a French village on their way to the Peace camp at Biervllle near Paris.

1936 Denton (Maryland) Jrnl. 21 Nov. 4/8 One of the proposed features is an international girls' peace camp, to which girls from 26 countries are to be invited.

1980 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 2: Eastern Europe (B.B.C.) (Nexis) 5 Sept. EE/6515/A3/1 It provides for..material assistance to Lao Youth Union members and the participation of Lao Pioneers in international peace camps in Czechoslovakia.

1981 Peace News 2 Oct. 3/3 The Peace Camp outside Greenham Common airbase in Berkshire is still there after nearly a month.

2003 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 26 May Cheesy, 42, recently spent three months at a peace camp outside RAF Fairford.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peace camp
释义	peace campn. Brit. /ˈpiːs kamp/, U.S. /ˈpis ˌkæmp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: peace n., camp n.² Etymology: < peace n. + camp n.² 1. A camp established in wartime for the accommodation of those not actively involved in the conflict. Now historical.In earliest use referring to soldiers; during the South African War (1899–1902) used of encampments set up for the accommodation of peaceable non-combatants. ΚΠ 1873 Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 378/1 A force of which a fourth or fifth must be struck off before it can face the perils of a peace camp on Dartmoor is hardly, in physical calibre, what the country should rely on. 1889 Aberdeen Weekly Jrnl. 23 July 6/6 An incentive to brother-officers..to spend a portion of their time in visiting some of the great peace camps of Europe. 1898 Boston Daily Globe 2 Aug. 5/3 The surgeon general recommends drastic measures to protect the lives of the volunteers, who are dying in peace camps, without a chance to get to the front. 1901 Times 31 May 8/2 The Government has..formed a peace camp at Simon's Town with the object of separating the prisoners who wish for peace from those who persist in supporting the war. 1974 Mil. Hist. Jrnl. (S. Afr.) 3 16/2 It was suggested to Milner that..those prisoners who were leaning towards peace be parted from their irreconcilable brethren and placed in separate ‘Peace Camps’ in order to free them from victimization. 2. A camp set up to promote peace; spec. an informal encampment set up as a public protest against a military establishment or against some aspect of military policy. ΚΠ 1929 Birmingham Daily Gaz. 4 Sept. 12/2 (caption) Young Peace Crusaders, who are touring Europe to speak at all the principal towns in order to promote universal peace, include Britons, Germans, Frenchmen and Belgians. Picture shows the procession of Crusaders tramping through a French village on their way to the Peace camp at Biervllle near Paris. 1936 Denton (Maryland) Jrnl. 21 Nov. 4/8 One of the proposed features is an international girls' peace camp, to which girls from 26 countries are to be invited. 1980 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 2: Eastern Europe (B.B.C.) (Nexis) 5 Sept. EE/6515/A3/1 It provides for..material assistance to Lao Youth Union members and the participation of Lao Pioneers in international peace camps in Czechoslovakia. 1981 Peace News 2 Oct. 3/3 The Peace Camp outside Greenham Common airbase in Berkshire is still there after nearly a month. 2003 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 26 May Cheesy, 42, recently spent three months at a peace camp outside RAF Fairford. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1873
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