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单词 peace man
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peace mann.

Brit. /ˈpiːs ˌman/, U.S. /ˈpis ˌmæn/
Forms: see peace n. and man n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: peace n., man n.1
Etymology: < peace n. + man n.1 In sense 2 apparently independently re-formed.Earlier currency is perhaps implied by the surname Willelmus Peceman (1327).
1. A man living under the king's peace; a peaceful subject. Also: a man under the protection or authority of the king. Obsolete.
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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.
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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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