† pospoliten.

Origin: A borrowing from Polish. Etymon: Polish pospolite.

Etymology: < Polish pospolite (adjective) common, general, short for pospolite ruszenie general levy. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pǫspǫ·lite) /pɒˈspɒlɪteɪ/.

Obsolete.

A Polish militia, consisting of the nobility and gentry summoned to serve for a limited time.The composition of the pospolite varied at different times during the history of Poland; in the medieval period it had at first included the peasantry, and in post-partition Poland it was extended to all able males between 18 and 40 years of age.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > [noun] > militia or citizen army > specific

pospolite1697

landwehr1815

armatole1821

Reichswehr1876

Red Guard1906

White Guard1906

Basij1982

1697 London Gaz. No. 3333/2 That the King should call together the Pospolite that is, all the Gentry of the Kingdom.

1763 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 46/1 Their military force consists chiefly, in the Pospolite, that is, the whole body of the gentry.

1822 Edinb. Rev. 37 493 They continued..to regard the Pospolite..as the impenetrable bulwark of the Commonwealth.

a1859 T. De Quincey Posthumous Wks. (1891) I. 58 But this unwieldy pospolite was far from meeting David's secret anxieties.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	pospolite
释义	† pospoliten. Origin: A borrowing from Polish. Etymon: Polish pospolite. Etymology: < Polish pospolite (adjective) common, general, short for pospolite ruszenie general levy. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pǫspǫ·lite) /pɒˈspɒlɪteɪ/. Obsolete. A Polish militia, consisting of the nobility and gentry summoned to serve for a limited time.The composition of the pospolite varied at different times during the history of Poland; in the medieval period it had at first included the peasantry, and in post-partition Poland it was extended to all able males between 18 and 40 years of age. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > [noun] > militia or citizen army > specific pospolite1697 landwehr1815 armatole1821 Reichswehr1876 Red Guard1906 White Guard1906 Basij1982 1697 London Gaz. No. 3333/2 That the King should call together the Pospolite that is, all the Gentry of the Kingdom. 1763 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 46/1 Their military force consists chiefly, in the Pospolite, that is, the whole body of the gentry. 1822 Edinb. Rev. 37 493 They continued..to regard the Pospolite..as the impenetrable bulwark of the Commonwealth. a1859 T. De Quincey Posthumous Wks. (1891) I. 58 But this unwieldy pospolite was far from meeting David's secret anxieties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1697
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