单词 | suddart |
释义 | † suddartn. Scottish. Obsolete. A mercenary soldier. Also in combination suddart-like adj. or adv. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > mercenary wagerc1420 knight wager1513 mercenary1523 lance-knight1530 suddart1542 hireling1547 adventurer1548 venturer1572 lansquenet1577 warmonger1590 mercenarian1598 passe-volant1617 provantman1659 soldier of fortune1661 privateer1676 routier1683 bravo1761 stipendiary1768 free companion1804 freelance1819 free-rider1821 freelancer1854 merchant of death1934 merc1967 1542 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 69 The sudaart [sic] decernit and deliuerit that [etc.]. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xi. 70 Mortal feyr amang the soudartis. 1567 Reg. Privy Council Scott. 1st Ser. I. 560 The pretendit licence unlauchfullie grantit to Johnne Mortoun suddart for the transporting of sex lastis of talloun. 1575–6 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 482 Cumpaneis of suddartis and utheris brokin men. 1587 W. Fowler Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 101 Skairslie I can tell, Now whidder he as chiften did, or suldartlyke, excell. 1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. F4 v Conquerers, and soldarts of the Lord. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 429 At unawars behind his bak, They interprys'd thair limmers crewaltie, Quhilk souldart-like they durst nocht undertak. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1542 |
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