| 单词 | sea-beggar |
| 释义 | > as lemmassea-beggar sea-beggar n. [= French gueux de mer] Historical a seaman of the small fleet organized by William of Orange in 1572 to combat the Spaniards. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > member of specific fleet, etc. lithsman1805 sea-beggar1845 Pompeyite1916 1845 M. Russell in Encycl. Metrop. XIII. 603/1 Repulsed by the Sea-beggars, he [the Count de Bossu] endeavoured to seek a refuge in Dort. 1922 P. S. Allen Let. 30 Mar. (1939) xvi. 183 We are now on our way to Rotterdam..to attend..the 350th anniversary of the recapture of Brill by the ‘Sea-beggars’ from the Spaniards on 1 April 1572. 1963 Times 22 Feb. 17/3 He spoke for an hour to a packed audience of intent undergraduates and history dons about..the ‘invasion’ of the Netherlands by Prince William of Orange's sea beggars. < as lemmas |
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