单词 | reis |
释义 | reisn. 1. In Middle-Eastern contexts: the captain of a boat or ship. Also as a title preceding a proper name. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > captain or master skipper1390 master shipmana1393 master mariner?a1400 shipmanc1405 shipmasterc1440 commanderc1450 patron1490 shipper1496 ship-governor1526 reis1585 nakhoda?1606 sea-captain1612 malem1615 manjee1683 captain1705 patroon1719 old man1821 owner1903 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. vii The Rais and Azappis of the gallies. 1589 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 204 The Reiz, or Captaines of the Gallies. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant 208 Seeing a Caique full of Men making towards us, our Reys, (who was a Turk) told us they were Christians, and presently went into his Caique. 1753 Scots Mag. 15 16/1 A rais, that is the captain of a corsair. 1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor xiv. 45 The Rais was an obstinate hairy savage. 1845 Mem. Lady H. Stanhope I. 269 He then was entitled fully to the rank of Räis Hassan, or Captain Hassan. 1863 J. Petherick Trav. in Afr. 4 May (1869) I. 322 The reis of our nugger came overland to the ‘Kathleen’. 1886 C. W. Wilson From Korti to Khartum 137 The reis or pilot with his assistants, who navigated the ship. 1932 W. Lewis Filibusters in Barbary i. xii. 62 With wild shouts and frantic gestures, the reis..urged the crew to renewed exertions. 1998 P. O'Brian Hundred Days (1999) viii. 224 Jacob's question to the Reis was interrupted by the coming of the coal-black sailmaker with two pale Sclavonians, lightly chained but heavily burdened. 2. In Muslim countries: a person in authority; a chief, leader, governor, or person of similar status. Cf. Reis Effendi n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > head or chief headeOE headmanOE headsmanOE masterlinga1200 dukec1275 chevetaine1297 chief1297 headlingc1300 principalc1325 captainc1380 primatec1384 chieftainc1400 master-man1424 principate1483 grand captain1531 headmaster?1545 knap of the casec1555 capitano1594 muqaddam1598 mudaliyar1662 reis1677 sachem1684 doge1705 prytanis1790 gam1827 main guy1882 oga1917 ras1935 1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. v. xi. 228 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) In every Village or Borough [in Ottoman Turkey] there is a Reis [Fr. Reis], or chief of the place. 1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 62 When he found himself degraded from his position of Rais, or Chief Amir. 1864 Á. Vámbéry Trav. Central Asia 185 Each city has its Rei's, who, with a cat-o'-four-tails in his hand..examines each passer by in the principles of Islamism. 1966 I. Cunnison Baggara Arabs v. 72 The man recognized as its leader is called the reis (head). 1996 Times 23 Jan. 15/1 Yassir Arafat..won, emphatically, the post of rais (or ‘leader’) and is effectively the first President of Palestine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1585 |
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