单词 | protectrice |
释义 | protectricen. Now rare. = protectress n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > patronage > [noun] > patron > female patronessa1425 protectricec1429 protectrixc1450 mistress?1461 fautrix1582 fautress1605 fairy godmother1857 madrina1971 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > protector or patron > female protectricec1429 governessc1450 protectrixc1450 protectress1570 c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 257 Gods modire is oure protectrice Ageyns Goddes ire, the fendes gildres and fraude of this werld nice. c1456 in H. Anstey Epistolae Academicae Oxon. (1898) I. 336 (MED) Besechyng youre noble estate to be gracyous protectryse to youre sayd universite. c1480 (a1400) St. Lucy 310 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 396 As agatha, my cystire fre, is protectryse of þis cyte. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. xxi. sig. r.v Patrones of Chestre, protectrice of the countre. 1654 in Morley Cromwell (1900) v. vii. 451 At the table of my Lady Protectrice dined my Lady N. 1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid II. 135 She found a Protectrice, the Character she gives of her exactly suited Madame. 1841 Times 20 Sept. 3 An advantageous opportunity..to send a young lady to Paris under an efficient English protectrice. 1950 J. Brooke Goose Cathedral v. 118 He called her, now, by her Christian name; and both of them called each other ‘my dear’... Bert, I thought, must be on very familiar terms with his protectrice. 1974 J. Flint Cecil Rhodes v. 105 Lobengula..had imagined that Queen Victoria was now his ally and protectrice. 1997 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 10 Sept. a14 As for Mother Teresa, this diminutive protectrice of humanity is now spending her time patiently reading simple bedtime stories to her friends. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1429 |
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