单词 | strafer |
释义 | strafern. 1. Usually with capital initial. In the First World War (1914–18): a German, esp. a German soldier. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > aircrew with specific duties observer1870 strafer1915 air gunner1916 air bomber1918 gunner1918 rear gunner1918 bombardier1932 bomb-aimer1935 tail gunner1939 tail-end Charlie1941 arse-end Charlie1942 waist-gunner1942 spotter pilot1944 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > German Hessian1729 Kraut1862 Fritz1887 Heinie1904 Fritzie1915 strafer1915 Jerry1916 pickelhaube1931 feldgrau1934 Ted1947 1915 F. Palmer My Year of Great War xx. 300 When the Germans are not called Boches they are called Strafers. 1916 O. Seaman Made in England 31 Is it the absent strafer's kiss On whose account this plaint they utter? 1916 M. T. Hainsselin In Northern Mists xxiii. 95 Of course I wants to come back to you, but we've got to put the Strafers in their place first. 1917 C. Sidgwick Salt of Earth 290 The Strafers must be stopped, and they were not going to be easily stopped. 2. A person who or thing which attacks someone or something; (now) spec. a low-flying aircraft which attacks repeatedly with bombs or (esp.) machine-gun fire.See also ground-strafer n. at ground n. Compounds 1d(f)(i). ΚΠ 1915 F. Palmer My Year of Great War xx. 300 He was appointed permanent ‘strafer’ of all the fowls that came to table. 1916 Manch. Guardian 2 Feb. 4/5 He was a real ‘strafer’, never turned tail, full of fight and hungry for it. 1930 C. R. Samson Fights & Flights 98 We left a car to attend to the Zeppelin strafers and take their mechanics away. 1944 Fortune Mar. 131 Bombers and strafers over invasion coast. 1979 M. Page Pilate Plot iv. 50 Some illusory protection from any Turkish Air Force strafer that appeared overhead. 2008 Flying Mag. Nov. 91/2 The P-38 was used as an escort, a dive bomber, a strafer and for photo reconnaissance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1915 |
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