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单词 savage man
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savage mann.

Brit. /ˌsavɪdʒ ˈman/, U.S. /ˌsævᵻdʒ ˈmæn/
Inflections: Plural savage men.
Forms: see savage adj. and n.1 and man n.1; also 1800s– salvage man.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: savage adj., man n.1
Etymology: < savage adj. + man n.1 Compare Spanish hombre salvaje (1552 or earlier), Old Occitan hom salvatje (end of the 13th cent.), Middle French homme sauvage (c1200 in Old French as savaige hom , salvage hom ). Compare savage n.1 4.
1. In outdoor shows, pageants, masques, etc.: a person dressed in greenery, representing a wild man of the woods; = savage n.1 4a. Cf. green man n. 1a. Now historical.
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society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > persons and characters > [noun] > characters in May-day festivities
May-lady1564
savage mana1577
green man1578
May Marian1582
May Queen1600
malkina1625
Jack o' the green1729
Jack-in-the-bush1792
Jack in the green1794
May Day sweep1832
green1836
Maid Marian1893
society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > persons and characters > [noun] > participants in other specific festivities
savage mana1577
Saturnaliana1665
souler1778
wren-boys?a1800
Jack in the green1835
carnivaller1881
orgiophant1886
strawboy1894
carnivalite1896
garlander1939
a1577 G. Gascoigne Princelie Pleasures Kenelworth sig. Aiiij, in Whole Wks. (1587) There met her in the Forest as she came from hunting, one clad like a Sauage man, all in Iuie.
?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 18 Oout of the woods in her Maiestiez returne, rooughly came thear foorth Hombre Saluagio [margin The Sauage man], with an Oken plant pluct vp by the roots in hiz hande, himself forgrone all in moss & Iuy.
1656 W. Dugdale Antiq. Warwickshire 166/1 For the several dayes of her stay, various and rare Shews and Sports were there exercised, viz. in the Chase a Savage man, with Satyrs [etc.].
1820 W. Scott Monastery II. iii. 112 The flesh-coloured silken doublet..in which I danced the salvage man at the Gray's-Inn mummery.
1832 J. Aspin Anc. Customs 251 The savage men, or wodehouses, as they are sometimes called, frequently made their appearance in the public shows.
1918 R. Withington Eng. Pageantry I. ii. 121 In 1522 Henry VIII gave a masquerade for Charles V at which appeared foresters and ‘woodwos’ or savage men.
1975 J. Weld Meaning in Comedy ii. 61 There are a mass of devices, allegorical battles, savage men and nymphs greeting royal visitors, [etc.].
2010 A. Ryan Secret Confessions of Anne Shakespeare ii. 25 A savage man in moss and ivy who recited verses.
2. Heraldry. A figure of a wild man, typically represented as naked and wreathed with greenery and depicted as a supporter of a coat of arms; = savage n.1 4b.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of human or divine beings > [noun] > savage
woodwose1355
woodward1488
savage mana1656
savage1673
woodman1780
a1656 R. Gordon Geneal. Hist. Earldom of Sutherland (1813) p. xiv The tuo rough sauadge men (with a batton or club in either of their hands) who doe support and uphold the armes are peculiar to the house of Southerland.
1726 S. Kent Banner Display'd I. iii. xv. 382 Supported on the Dexter Side by a Savage Man proper, wreath'd about his Head and Waste Emerald.
1769 E. Kimber Pocket Herald I. 125 Supporters. On the dexter side a savage man; on the sinister a woman..wreathed about their temples and loins with ivy.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. ii. 24 On either side stood as supporters..a salvage man proper, to use the language of heraldry, wreathed and cinctured.
1870 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1866–9 10 183 Supporters, savage men clubbed.
1906 J. Vinycomb Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art 19 The three savage men ambulant on the shield of Viscount Halifax.
1998 J. Corder Dict. Suffolk Crests 345 A savage man Proper wreathed about the loins and temples Vert holding in his dexter hand a tall club Vert.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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