| 单词 | brother in arms |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrother in arms P1. brother in arms and variants: a soldier, knight, etc., considered in relation to another or others, as combatants on the same side, or for the same cause; a fellow soldier, knight, etc. Also figurative. [Compare post-classical Latin frater in armis (1461 in a British source).] ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > [noun] > fellow-soldier gadlingOE sword-brotherc1275 companionc1325 companion-in-arms1525 fellow soldier1526 commilitant1577 camarada1598 fore-fellows1598 commilitoa1614 brother in arms1632 comrade-in-arms1848 1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 2 Two brethern of armes. [No corresponding passage in the French original.] 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour v. ii. sig. L4v Once more brothers in armes. 1685 E. Philipps Minority St. Lewis 54 He entred into the Earl of Boulogne's Party, and drew along with him his Brother of Arms, Hugo de Dampmartin. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 212 That doughty burgher is Henry's brother-at-arms. 1828 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. I. iv. 377 His friend and brother in arms, the illustrious Randolph. 1840 Fraser's Mag. 21 315 The two knights defend each other, as sworn brethren-at-arms. 1918 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 6 Apr. 658/1 The danger of our boys carrying the virus of gum chewing to their brothers in arms of other nations and customs. 1945 Billboard 3 Nov. 70/2 Let's all do a good job now and help every one of these men back to normal life... We owe all that we have today to them and their brothers-at-arms. 2011 Daily Tel. 18 July 18/4 The Chelsea Pensioners..and their dead brothers-in-arms commemorated by the Cenotaph, fought for his freedom to protest. < as lemmas |
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