单词 | subjector |
释义 | subjectorn. A person who brings someone or something into a state of subjection, subordination, or submission; a subjugator. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [noun] > one who subduer1516 subjectora1540 enthraller1594 subjecter1603 subjugator1795 subordinator1845 a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 6353 Dare King of Pers at godis will to endure Till Alexander and now his subiectoure Salus I send with meiknes of victor. 1654 J. Hall Of Govt. & Obed. iii. xiii. 395 And when it is said, The man is not of the woman, it is meant the Commander and his Power is not derived from the commanded: But the woman is of the man, meaning the subject from the Subjector. 1799 Commerc. Syst. Ireland Reviewed 35 It is surely most likely that the great sums collected from a subjugated dependency, would be employed to the advantage of the subjectors. 1868 E. P. W. Packard Prisoners' Hidden Life xxi. 125 Man has fallen from his noble position of woman's protector, and become her subjector. 1940 Portsmouth (Ohio) Times 18 Dec. 5/6 You know and I know that if relief should bolster in any way the morale of the subjugated peoples against their subjectors the Nazis would shut it down. 2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 27 July 16 Traditionalists tell the story of the empire from the perspective of those subjugated by the British, but in a format that recalls the literary history of their subjectors. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1540 |
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