| 单词 | prisoner of state |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprisoner of state prisoner of state n. [compare French prisonnier d'État (1679)] a person confined or imprisoned for political or state reasons. ΚΠ 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo i. 20 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors In the Province of Gualor, or Gualier..there is a Cittadel, wherein the Mogul confines such as are prisoners of State. 1698 J. Dunton Let. in E. MacLysaght Irish Life in 17th Cent. (1969) 386 To ye castle belongs an officer called ye Constable of the Castle who receaves Prisoners of State when committed, as ye Lieutenant of ye Tower does. 1723 tr. M. C. d'Aulnoy Hist. John of Bourbon (ed. 2) 101 The Gentleman who had left them safe there, acquainted them with Benavidez's being made a Prisoner of State. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. v. viii. 110 She was on her way to Bow Street to be examined as a prisoner of state. 1998 R. Butterwick Poland's Last King & Eng. Culture 1 Stanisław August died in St Petersburg on 12 February 1798, part honoured guest, part prisoner of state. < as lemmas |
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