tercel-gentlen.
a. The male of the falcon.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [noun] > type of hawk or falcon
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > male
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Jack1575
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco peregrinus (peregrine falcon) > male
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1486 Bk. St. Albans D iij b Ther is a Fawken gentill, and a Tercell gentill, and theys be for a prynce.
1546 Will of Stephen Brinckley (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/31) f. 100v Unto the vicar of Boston my tossell gentle.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ff6v A Tassell gent, Which after her [sc. a dove] his nimble winges doth straine.
1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 203 The tassil-gentle, once upon the wing..makes a stoop at a jack-daw.
1839 H. W. Longfellow Hyperion II. iv. i Thou art not less a woman, because thou dost not sit aloft in a tower, with a tassel-gentle on thy wrist.
b. in figurative and allusive use.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person
rich manOE
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a man, etc. of fortune1732
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nawab1826
rico1844
abounder1876
high roller1876
fat cat1928
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wealth-holder1957
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > obedience to rule(s) > one who
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1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 204 Romeo, O for a falkners voice, To lure this Tassell gentle backe againe.
1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 95/2 So She..by casting out the Lure, makes the Tassell Gentle come to her fist.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Tercel-gentle, a Knight or Gentleman of a good Estate; also any rich Man.
1820 W. Scott Abbot I. iv. 86 Marry, out upon thee, foul kite, that would fain be a tercel gentle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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