单词 | peace man |
释义 | peace mann.ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [noun] > one subject to authority > of a monarch or ruler > peaceful peace man1473 1473–4 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 310 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 None of the Kyngs liegmen nor peasmen. a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 143 To grete harme of Pees men and noght to enemys. 2. A man who favours or advocates peace. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [noun] > pacifist in principle peace man1795 antipolemist1817 pacifist1906 pacificist1907 conscientious objector1916 Percy1916 conchie1917 passivist1919 war resister1935 dove1962 1795 Times 14 Dec. 14/2 Lord Stanhope, with several others, mounted a waggon, and from thence harangued the Peace Men. 1809 S. T. Coleridge Let. 11 Oct. (1956) III. 245 The Courier..has manfully fought the good fight for Spain & against Peace-men. 1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. viii. 109 I 'm a decided peace-man, tu, an' go agin the war. 1872 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David III. Ps. lxviii. 30 God's people were peacemen, and only desired the crushing of oppressive nations, that war might not occur again. 1926 F. W. Hirst & J. E. Allen Brit. War Budgets p. xiii The criticisms..put forward by representatives of labour and capital, by protectionists and free traders, by peace men and ‘bitter enders’, by economists and philanthropists, and [etc.]. 1986 M. B. Ballard Long Shadow i. 21 The Senate peace men decided that Rives's resolution would accomplish nothing even if enough votes could be mustered to pass it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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