单词 | pistoler |
释义 | pistolern. Now rare. 1. = pistoleer n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun > pistol pistolier?1563 pistoleter1570 pistoletier1587 pistoler1590 pistoleera1679 pistol man1784 sightsman1790 pistol shot1832 pistol-toter1887 pistol-packer1899 pistolero1932 1590 R. Williams Briefe Disc. Warre 31 They be neuer commanded to do any exploits on men of Warre, without being accompanied with Launtiers, or armed Pistolers, I meane Curaces on horseback. 1616 G. Markham Souldiers Gram. 51 The Rhombe..is as necessarie for our Pistolers in these daies, as it was in times past for the Crossebow Men, and other Archers..on Horse backe. 1926 R. Love Rise & Fall of Jesse James xx. 213 The lives of many..imperiled by the poor marksmanship of the veteran pistolers. 1987 16th Cent. Jrnl. 18 625 The French Wars of Religion helped hasten the demise of the medieval knight, replacing him with the pistoler, or reître, who used new warring tactics. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > one who makes artillery or firearms > specific small arms pistoler1638 gunster1699 1638 W. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 282 The King..sets all the armourers and pistolers a-work for himself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1590 |
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