单词 | royal refugee |
释义 | > as lemmasroyal refugee royal refugee n. U.S. (now historical and rare) a loyalist who sought protection under the British Crown during the American War of Independence. ΚΠ 1778 Massachusetts Spy 15 Oct. 2/3 All the Royal Refugees in this city are desired to meet at a certain time and place. 1848 R. Bolton Hist. County Westchester II. 333 The residence..is distinguished in the history of the Revolution as the head quarters of Colonel James de Lancey of the Royal Refugee corps. 1985 Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. 109 345 Bulla..was convicted of being an accessory after the fact in the crimes of Aaron Doan, one of the ‘Royal Refugees’ in the Revolution. < as lemmas |
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