| 单词 | protector of the poor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasProtector of the Poor d. Anglo-Indian. Protector of the Poor: used as a respectful form of address used by Indian servants to their British masters. Now disused. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for a man > by Indians for white person sahib1696 Protector of the Poor1839 1786 App. India Courier Extraordinary II. 330 You are the protector of the poor—whatever may be your determination in behalf of the widows, be pleased to declare it.] 1839 P. M. Taylor Confessions of Thug III. ii. 32 The first item, Protector of the Poor!..is a sum of fifty thousand rupees for yourself! 1890 R. Kipling in Macmillan's Mag. June 149/2 The news does not come from my mouth, Protector of the Poor. 1894 R. Kipling Jungle Bk. 165 ‘Was it to help thee steal green corn?’..‘Not green corn, Protector of the Poor—melons,’ said Little Toomai. 1910 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 167 They sent him to Lord Caerlaverock, for the ex-viceroy loved to be treated as a kind of consul-general for India. But this Protector of the Poor proved a broken reed. 1952 J. Masters Deceivers ix. 99 Protector of the Poor, at first cockcrow the villain called for a lotah for purposes of nature. < as lemmas |
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