单词 | subduer |
释义 | subduern. A person who or a thing which subdues (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [noun] > one who subduer1516 subjectora1540 enthraller1594 subjecter1603 subjugator1795 subordinator1845 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > prevailing or mastering > overcoming or overwhelming > one who masterc1230 overcomerc1350 conquerorc1374 victora1400 overbearera1425 overgangerc1440 vanquisher1474 usurper1509 subduer1516 overthrower1548 defeater1582 prevailer1596 masterer1600 queller1613 conquerant1655 dompter1672 1516 Kalendre Newe Legende Eng. (Pynson) f. cxviiiv Kynge Dauid was..a subduer of rebellys. ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Eiii Thus were they..by deth subduers, of theyr owne corps carnall. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 73 The ald Romanis, subdueris of the Warlde. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xx. 39/2 Ostorius..Subduer of great Caractacus. 1660 J. Milton Brief Notes upon Late Serm. sig. B3 [It] will in all probabilitie subject the subduers to the subdu'd. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 247 Figs are great Subduers of Acrimony. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. ii. 13 With some of the sex, insolent controul is a more efficacious subduer than kindness or concession. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 322 By the laws of nature the occupant and subduer of the soil is the true proprietor. View more context for this quotation 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. i. v. 64 It is a wonderful subduer, this need of love. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 191 Such was He, the Subduer of all which exalted itself. 1900 Duke of Argyll Autobiogr. (1906) II. 85 The subduer of a fierce enemy and the saviour of India. 1979 D. Riepe Owl flies by Day 178 It's a great subduer [of passion]..but not completely. 2006 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 12 June (Sport section) 10 All three judges handed underdog Hopkins an easy 118-109 victory—Tarver was full of praise for his subduer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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