单词 | tribune |
释义 | tribunen.1 1. A title designating one of several officers in the Roman administration; spec. (a) tribune of the people (Latin tribūnus plebis), one of two (later five, then ten) officers appointed to protect the interests and rights of the plebeians from the patricians; (b) military tribune (Latin tribūnus mīlitāris), one of six officers of a legion, each being in command for two months of the year. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [noun] > tribune tribunea1387 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 273 After consuls, tribunes plebis and dictatores rulede the comounte anon to Iulius Cesar his tyme. c1480 (a1400) St. Lawrence 171 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 407 Þane was þare a mychtty tribowne. c1480 (a1400) St. George 22 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 176 Quhare he wes mad..a trybone. & þu sal wit, a tribone is he þat [of] þe thred-part of a cyte or of a cunctre kepare is; & a tribone is als I-wise þat trybut gadris to þe king..& he his tribune als, þu kene, to quham ansueris a thousand men. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 42 Ane othir maner of officiaris..callit trybunys. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. iv. iii. 61 The ȝere iijcx. fra þe first fundatioun of rome was þe first tyme þan ony tribunis militare war create with power consulare. 1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Seneca's Morals: Of Benefits xv. 117 He that is a Tribune, would be a Prætor. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. Pref. 36 A new order of Magistrates, of their own body, called Tribuns. 1838–42 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. viii. 139 The tribune's power of protection enabled him to interpose in defence of the unfortunate. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar iv. 37 He forced his way steadily upwards..to the rank of military tribune. 2. transferred and figurative. a. An officer holding some position analogous to that of a Roman tribune; a judge; a protector of the rights of the people; a popular leader, a demagogue. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] demec825 doomerc888 deemerc950 demendOE doomsmana1200 dempstera1300 trierc1330 judgec1384 dooma1400 judge manc1410 knower?c1425 doomsterc1450 jurist1481 righter1566 tribune1587 syndicator1610 deemster1795 squire1817 judge-carl1818 society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > leader > of the people tribune1587 demagogue1651 jefe1844 Pasionaria1961 zaim1975 1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. v. i. 109 The cheefe or high tribune of the excheker is of custome called lord cheefe baron. a1660 in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1880) II. 147 Himself alone with his fewe Conatian tribunes..will disannull all this. 1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour III. 78 Venice was originally a democratical state, under consuls and tribunes... The Tribunes were succeeded by the Doges. 1853 T. B. Macaulay Atterbury in Biogr. (1860) 13 By the body of the clergy he was regarded as the ablest and most intrepid Tribune that had ever defended their rights. 1882 W. Cory Guide Mod. Eng. Hist. II. 283 Mr. Cobbett..took his seat on the Treasury Bench. To have a tribune of the people sitting between Ministers..would be a hindrance to business. b. (With capital initial.) The title of a British weekly journal, founded in 1937, advocating radical left-wing policies: used attributively with reference to this type of socialism, esp. as Tribune group, a group of Labour MPs sharing these views. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Labourism > Labour Party > group of tribune1952 1952 Ann. Reg. 1951 i. ii. 33 One Way Only, a Tribune pamphlet published on 9 July. 1968 Times 9 July 9/6 The trade unionists who are moving against the Government are not, as the Tribune group supposes, moving to the left. a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1975) I. 562 They were really completely answered by Raymond Fletcher, a left-winger from the Tribune group. 1975 Times 16 July 14/7 Those who regarded themselves as the keepers of the socialist conscience—the Tribune group. 1976 A. Price War Game i. viii. 165 Not even the Tribune Group will be able to complain about the high cost of security. 1976 Times 15 Mar. 13/2 The influx of new MPs..has probably weakened Tribunism rather than reinforced it. But a new generation of Tribune men is beginning to assert its influence. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 June 685/1 Orwell..was a Tribune-style socialist (egalitarian, libertarian). DerivativesΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [adjective] > tribune tribunitian1533 tribunal1577 tribunitial1598 tribunary1612 tribunian1693 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxix. 328 I give out Sentence in his favour, unto whom hath befallen the best Chance by Dice; Judiciary, Tribunian, Pretorial, what comes first. ˈTribunism n. socialist policies of the type advocated by the Tribune. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Labourism > Labour Party > group of > policies of Tribunism1976 1976 Times 15 Mar. 13/2 The influx of new MPs..has probably weakened Tribunism rather than reinforced it. But a new generation of Tribune men is beginning to assert its influence. ˈTribunite n. a member of the Tribune group (frequently attributive). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Labourism > Labour Party > group of > member of Tribunite1970 1970 Times 18 Nov. 12 Frank Allaun, the Tribunite M.P. 1970 Times 7 Dec. 2 The second day took in a debate led by..Mr. Stan Orme, the redoubtable Tribunite, and Mr. Neil McBride. 1977 Listener 28 July 125/2 I do not believe that the Tribunite view..goes by default. 1981 Times 22 June 2/7 Neither have Tribunites north of the border made any open moves to become involved. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tribunen.2 1. (Usually with capital initial.) = Tribuna n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > display of pictures > [noun] > gallery > specific Tribunac1660 tribune1670 tribunal1797 Met1946 MOMA1964 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 104 There are diuers in others pictures in that Vaulted Tribun in Masaick worke. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 380 The Edifice without is Gotic, but very glorious within, especialy the roofe, & one Tribune well painted. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 249/2 The apartment of the Imperial Gallery at Florence, which is called the Tribune (Tribuna). 2. The semicircular or polygonal apse of a basilica or basilican church, usually domed or vaulted. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > apse > [noun] tribunalc1660 apsid1670 apsis1706 tribunea1771 chevet1809 apse1845 conch1849 concha1869 a1771 T. Gray Archit. Gothica in Wks. (1814) II. 103 The difference between the body and ailes of the choir at Peterborough, with the east side of the transept, and the semicircular tribune which finishes the same choir. 1794 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland I. 155 (note) Warwick church, remarkable for its tribune or rounded east end. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 157 The length of the church, from the principal entrance to the end of the tribune, is 601 feet. 1861 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. (ed. 2) Gloss. 251 Tribune, the semicircular space at one end of the Basilica, for the judges. In Churches copied from the Basilicas it was retained as the apse. 3. A raised platform or dais; a rostrum; a pulpit; the throne or stall of a bishop. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > quality of being raised or elevated > raised level surface or platform plancher1295 staging1323 cagea1400 scaffoldc1405 mounture?a1425 halpace1507 wharf1533 platform1557 plat1559 foot pace1571 theatre1587 scenec1612 estrade1696 suggestum1705 tribune1763 scaffolding1787 estrado1838 dais1861 deck1872 1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. i. 35 A large inscription over the tribune at the end of the hall. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 46 Any of the discoursers in our pulpits, or on your tribune;..Dr. Price, or..the Abbé S[i] eyes. View more context for this quotation 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 894 at Apsis The bishop's throne being raised by steps above the ordinary stalls..was sometimes called exhedra, and in later times tribune. 1850 W. Irving Mahomet (1853) xiv. 87 A pulpit or tribune..to which he ascended by three steps. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xxiv. 134 Mr Lyon was seated on the school tribune or daïs at his particular round table. 1885 W. Wilson Congressional Govt. ii. 127 Members [of the French Chamber of Deputies] do not speak from their seats..but from the ‘tribune’..a box-like stand,..resembling those narrow, quaintly-fashioned pulpits..still to be seen in some of the oldest of our American churches. 4. A raised and seated area or gallery, esp. in a church; also applied to stands at continental race meetings (French tribune). ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > gallery > [noun] loft1504 gallery1630 tribune1865 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > areas for spectators race stand1788 cords1791 stand house1795 tribune1865 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 June 5 Last year..it was easy to move about from the saddling-ring to the tribunes, to get places in the latter to sit down, and to promenade in front of the tribunes, with plenty of elbow-room. 1865 Times 1 Aug. 7/4 There were not more than 45 or 50 ladies in the ‘tribunes’—the low galleries on the side of the hall are so called. 1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) lxvi The church was crowded; not a chair or tribune vacant. 1883 Mag. of Art June 338/2 The unfamiliar storey is known as a tribune, and runs immediately above the nave at the point usually occupied by the triforium. It is a lofty gallery. 1891 Winchester Word-bk. Tribunes, large pews in ante-chapel reserved for ladies. (Obs.) 1904 Princess Radziwill Recoll. ix. 160 I never left the tribune from which ladies were allowed to hear the debates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tribunev.ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [verb (transitive)] > control as tribune tribune1647 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 50 These Essentialls, must not be Ephorized or Tribuned by..a few Mens discretion. 2. intransitive. To play the tribune ( Funk's Standard Dict. 1895). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1a1387n.21670v.1647 |
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