单词 | round tabler |
释义 | Round Tablern. 1. Any of King Arthur's knights (see Round Table n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > legend or folk tale > [noun] > legendary personage > specific Pied Piper1605 Anansi1705 Arthurian1854 Round Tabler1864 1864 F. J. Furnivall Arthur 6 (margin) Besides the Round Tablers. 1909 E. M. E. Cust Gentlemen Errant 220 Maximilian, it must be said, had..commanded that his princes and knights should assume the names of the old Round Tablers. 1931 Musical Times 72 707/1 A rally of celestials, with the spirits of the Round Tablers, enabling the Shavian merriment to proceed in the good, familiar fashion. 2006 L. V. Rosow Accessing Classics ii. 60 Here Sir Gawain is a shy, hesitant lad who is the butt of other Round Tablers' jokes. 2. A person who takes part in a round-table conference or discussion (see Round Table n. 5). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > one who participates in parlant1586 collator1628 tryster1655 conferee1846 symposiast1878 Round Tabler1887 Congressist1888 conferencier1926 Sherpa1959 1887 Glasgow Herald 10 Mar. Mr. Chamberlain may have been speaking not to the other Round Tablers, but to the author of the policy to which he is opposed. 1931 Times 3 Dec. 12/3 Indian newspapers,..taking their cue from the Round Tablers, protest that nothing but complete responsibility at the centre will satisfy them. 1950 A. C. Baird Argumentation, Discuss. & Deb. xxi. 279 Round-tablers aim to increase their knowledge and to shape ideas. 1998 Prospect Mar. 1/2 Our round-tablers consider the real progressive dilemma: how can we promote and enjoy social diversity without thereby undermining the moral consensus on which a universal state is based? 3. A member of a Round Table association (see Round Table n. 4). Cf. tabler n.2 6. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > Rotary or Round Table > member of Round Tabler1907 Rotarian1911 tabler1955 1907 Friend 7 June 372/1 In the large liberty which this ‘Ministry of the Membership’ allows lies the field of activity for all Round Tablers and others who love our Society. 1929 Rotarian Sept. 32/3 The young ‘Round Tabler’..is representative of the most fascinating section of England's new manhood. 1976 Norwich Mercury 10 Dec. Children of Round Tablers sing for the 250 old folk from Wymondham and Attleborough who attended a Christmas party. 2006 S. W. Gauld Much Bigger than Grownups 212 We were raised, to an extent, by our extended family..and by our parents' fellow Round Tablers in Port Shepstone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1864 |
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