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单词 perkin warbeck
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Perkin Warbeckn.

Brit. /ˌpəːkɪn ˈwɔːbɛk/, U.S. /ˌpərkən ˈwɔrˌbɛk/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Perkin Warbeck.
Etymology: < the name of Perkin Warbeck (1474–99), who professed to be the younger son of Edward IV, and as such claimed the crown in 1495. Compare later Perkin n.1
rare.
A pretender or impostor, esp. to a throne or to some high position.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > one who or that which dissembles > claiming high office
pretender1593
affronter1598
Perkin Warbeck1641
Perkin1673
pretendant1826
1641 J. Milton Of Prelatical Episc. 22 We dare not deny what Ignatius or rather the Perkin Warbeck of Ignatius sayes.
1789 W. Combe Lett. from Country Gent. to Member of Parl. 66 France..will..disturb the public tranquillity at the distance of half a century, by the introduction of another Perkin Warbeck.
1850 H. Melville White-jacket lvi. 597 He's an impostor... These Don Pedros are all Perkin Warbecks.
1954 K. Feiling Warren Hastings 170 A Perkin Warbeck had arisen in the Deccan, a Brahmin whom the English called Sudaba, posing as a famous warrior killed years ago at Panipat.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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