单词 | peguer |
释义 | Peguern. Now rare. A native or inhabitant of the city or district of Pegu (since 1989 Bago) in southern Burma (Myanmar), a Mon; = Peguan n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Burma or Thailand > [noun] > parts of Pegu1577 Peguan1598 Peguerc1615 Arakanese1820 c1615 tr. P. Floris Voy. to E. Indies: Jrnl. (1934) 119 Calling all the Peguers together. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxvi. 36 The Peguer finding that he could not recover his Lands without foreign Aid and Assistance, invited the Portuguese. c1759 in A. Dalrymple Oriental Repertory (1793) I. 100 This Country contains two Nations, the Bûraghmahns, and Peguers... There is another People in this Country called Carianners, whiter than either. 1868 Debow's Rev. Mar. 233 Here we find Burmese, Arracanese, Peguers, Zalamis Karens, Toungthoos, with an admixture of Siamese blood amongst them. 1886 Times 1 Jan. 5/1 It [sc. a feeling of patriotism] is foreign to Arracanese, to Peguers or Talaigns. 1962 D. Woodman Making of Burma i. 19 The Peguers were good business-men and the King himself played a considerable role in the country's commerce. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1615 |
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