单词 | perkinite |
释义 | Perkiniten.adj. A. n. A sympathizer with Sir William Perkins, executed in 1696 for his part in a plot to murder William III; (gen.) a Jacobite. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > Jacobitism > adherent of Jacobite1689 Jack1694 Perkinite1702 1702 (title) A dialogue between Redman a Perkinite, and Segrave a Williamite, concerning the birth of the pretended Prince of Wales, and the present times. 1709 Cherubim with Flaming Sword 8 Men who hold no Correspondence with the Papists or Perkinites. 1710 E. Ward Nuptial Dialogues & Deb. II. xv. 305 O! vile presumptuous Pestilence, to preach On holy Things beyond a Woman's Reach. Thou Female Perkinite, [etc.]. 1972 J. O. Richards Party Propaganda under Queen Anne 72 On polling day a mob gathered to jeer the Tory candidates with epithets of Jacobite, nonjuror, Perkinite—all accusations of loyalty to France and the exiled Stuarts. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Sir William Perkins and his sympathizers; Jacobite. Obsolete. ΚΠ ?1705 Perkinite Jacks 1/2 Who ever affronted her more, Than did These the Perkinite Actors, the Hundred Thirty and Four? 1709 Cherubim with Flaming Sword 4 The Perkinite Faction. 1711 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus (ed. 3) v. 165 In all their Perkinite Addresses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1702 |
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