| 单词 | rent-raiser |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrent-raiser rent-raiser n. ΚΠ 1549 H. Latimer 1st Serm. before Kynges Grace sig. Diiv You landelordes, you rentreisers,..you haue for your possessions yerely to much. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. ii. xxiv. 453 There might be Promoters,..to promote all other Offenders: such as Rent-raisers, Oppressors of the Poor, Extortioners, Bribers, Usurers. 1882 Times 15 Nov. 5/6 The answer is that the name ‘valuator’ (synonymous in Ulster with ‘rent-raiser’) inspires distrust and terror in the minds of the agricultural classes. 1920 Winnipeg Free Press 17 July 6/5 Do not have a dictator and a rent raiser govern where you shall or shall not live. 1994 P. Bew Ideology & Irish Question (1998) 83 Aird accused Meehan of failing to support the labourers' strike at Ballyfin; Meehan replied by accusing Aird of being a rent-raiser himself. < as lemmas |
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