| 单词 | scottish rifles |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScottish Rifles b. = Scots adj. 6b. Also: designating a similar regiment in a Commonwealth army. Frequently in the names of such regiments, as Scottish Rifles, Scottish Borderers, etc. Cf. Scotch adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British Ulsters1649 Scots Guardsa1675 fusilier1680 guards1682 Scots Dragoons1689 Scots Fusiliers1689 Inniskilling1715 Scots Greys1728 blue1737 Black Watch1739 Oxford blues1766 green linnets1793 Grenadiers1800 slashers1802 the Buffs1806 tartan1817 Gay Gordons1823 cheesemongers1824 Green Jacket1824 The Bays1837 RHA1837 dirty half-hundred1841 die-hard1844 lifeguard1849 cherry-picker1865 lancer-regiment1868 cheeses1877 Territorial Regiment1877 the Sweeps1879 dirty shirts1887 Scottish Rifles1888 shiner1891 Yorkshire1898 imperials1899 Irish guards1902 Hampshires1904 BEF1914 Old Contemptibles1915 contemptibles1917 Tank Corps1917 the Tins1918 skins1928 pioneer corps1939 red devils1943 Blues and Royals1968 U.D.R.1969 1710 Just now arriv'd Brit. Packet 23 May (single sheet) The Beseiged made another Sally upon the Left Attack but the Scottish Regiment of Preston..received them so warmly, that they retired in great Confusion. 1838 Morning Chron. 29 June The Duke of Buccleuch..carried his gold stick of office as Captain-General of the Royal Scottish Archers. 1859 Era 18 Sept. 10/2 A very useful handbook for the guidance of every volunteer who enters the Scottish Rifles. 1861 Ann. Reg. 1860 Chron. 135/1 Her Majesty graciously intimated her desire to review the Scottish Riflemen when she should next journey northward to Balmoral. 1888 J. H. Lawrence-Archer Brit. Army 240 The King's Own Scottish Borderers. 1918 A. Conan Doyle Brit. Campaign France & Flanders 1916 vii. 166 At 2 a.m. of July 20 the two advance battalions of stormers, the 5th Scottish Rifles on the right, the 1st Scottish Rifles upon the left, were formed up in open ground outside the British wire. 1920 J. C. Hopkins Canad. Ann. Rev. Public Affiars 1919 51 Toronto,..on May 6th cheered its 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battalion. 1968 Times 16 May 14/7 The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) were disbanded on Tuesday at a ceremony at Douglas, Lanarkshire. 2004 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 30 Dec. 6 The King's Own Scottish Borderers will now be merged with the Royal Scots. < as lemmas |
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