单词 | spahi |
释义 | spahin. 1. A horseman forming one of a body of cavalry which formerly constituted an important part of the Turkish army and was to some extent organized on a feudal basis. Now Historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun] spahi1562 legionnaire1595 strelitz1603 Croat1623 deli1667 Croatian1700 lancer1712 highlander1725 lambs1744 royals1762 light-bob1778 fly-slicer1785 Life Guardsman1785 royals?1795 Hottentot1796 yeoman1798 pandour1800 Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811 forty-two man1816 kilty1842 Zouave1848 bumblerc1850 Inniskilliner1853 blue cap1857 turco1860 Zou-Zou1860 mudlark1878 king's man1883 Johnny1888 Piffer1892 evzone1897 horse gunner1897 dink1906 army ranger1910 grognard1912 Jock1914 chocolate soldier1915 Cook's tourist1915 dinkum1916 Anzaca1918 choc1917 ranger1942 Chindit1943 Desert Rat1944 Green Beret1949 1562 J. Shute tr. A. Cambini in Two Comm. Turcks i. f. 53 The Spachi, and other ordres of horsemen. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xix. 53 Hys Spachis, or other officers. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 217 It happened that a Spachi (or Horse-man under the great Turkes pay)..suddenly turned towards us. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 71 The Great Turke..gaue..treasure there, to the Ianizaries and Spaheis. 1728 E. Haywood tr. M.-A. de Gomez Belle Assemblée (1732) II. 255 A large Body of Janizaries, with other Infantry, join'd to a considerable Number of Spahi's, which are reputed the best Cavalry in the Empire. 1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 457 When the Russian columns advanced..they were furiously assailed by the Spahis that were in ambuscades. 1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xxii. 37 Tartar, and Spahi, and Turcoman, Strike your tents, and throng to the van. 1828 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. III. 203 Every sort of dress that janisary and Spahi [erratum corrects from Spatic]..ought to put on in gala. 1854 Church Misc. Writ. (1891) I. 352 The Spahis of the house of Othman reared that blood-red banner. 2. A native Algerian horseman serving under the French government. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > others jousterc1330 knight1489 rutter1506 reister1521 reiter1556 ruiter1579 hargulater1581 lancer1590 lance1602 rutar1610 dragon1620 dragoon1622 right-hand man1626 dragooner1639 leaguerer1639 deli1667 Light Dragoon1700 uhlan1753 sabre1836 parachutist1837 sabreur1845 yellow leg1857 spahi1863 horse-marine1878 uhlaner1886 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. xvi. 270 In the morning he had ridden forward, escorted by a few Spahis, to reconnoitre the ground. 1864 J. Ormsby Autumn Rambles in N. Afr. 214 The Spahis, on the other hand, are a highly-organised and efficient body. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags II. ii. 49 His height rose far above the French soldiers, and above most even of the lofty-statured Spahis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1562 |
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