单词 | bearer of witness |
释义 | > as lemmasbearer of witness bearer of witness n. rare before 19th cent. a person who gives testimony (see to bear witness at witness n. Phrases 2). Cf. witness-bearer n. at witness n. Compounds 1. ΚΠ 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 29 A Berer of wytnes, testis. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Testator, a bearer of witness. 1851 Q. Rev. Jan. 83/1 Nor was any one present to contradict or cross-examine the bearers of witness. 1974 Times 7 Sept. 8/5 A seeker, a bearer of witness, he rated Dr Zhivago his finest work. 2000 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 19 July 4 We are all and should all be, bearers of witness for our brothers and sisters. < as lemmas |
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