单词 | brunswicker |
释义 | Brunswickern. 1. A native or inhabitant of Brunswick, northern Germany; (frequently) a soldier from that region (now chiefly historical). ΚΠ 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Funke Actes & Hist. Worlde 1532–50 in tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles f. cclvi Certayne horsemen wyth certayne launceknyghtes of the Brunswykers shewed them selues vpon the hil of Northeim. 1623 More Newes Duke of Brunswick 22 July 14 The Boers and Skowtmasters that brought the newes, leading these Brunswickers the right way to meet with them. 1681 W. Nicolson Eng. Atlas II. 90/2 The Brunswickers are not, 'tis true, so complaisant in their behaviour and carriage as some other Germans which a Traveller may meet with. 1715 D. Jones Hist. House Brunswick-Lunenburgh 85 The Brunswickers, the Authors of this Mischief, made a League with the Magdeburgers, and hir'd Troops. 1776 H. Gates Rep. 6 Aug. in G. Washington Papers (1993) Revolutionary War Ser. V. 599 Great Numbers of the Germans desert daily... Seventy Brunswickers made off together. 1815 W. Scott Let. Aug. (1933) IV. 81 The Brunswickers and Hanoverians behaved very well; the Belgians but sorrily enough. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxii. 277 The Brunswickers were routed and had fled... It was a general debâcle. 1904 Chautauquan Nov. 243/1 Of two features of their little city the Brunswickers are especially proud—their ‘Anlagen’ and their ‘Burg Dankwarderode’. 1953 Mod. Lang. Notes 68 398 With many Brunswickers in British service in America, interest in the war was probably quite keen throughout the duchy. 2004 Spectator (Nexis) 6 Mar. 45 He was mortally wounded at Waterloo rallying some Brunswickers near La Haye Sainte. 2. A member of a Brunswick Club (see Brunswick Club n. at Brunswick n. 6). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > societies or associations > members of hougher1712 white boys1762 Steel boy1772 defender1788 United Irishman1791 Orangeman1796 marksman1800 Thresher1806 marchman1814 Orangist1822 Rockite1824 Brunswicker1828 Terry Alt1831 whitefoot1831 Repeal Warden1841 Young Irelander1844 Fenian1864 Land-leaguer1878 invincible1883 leaguer1892 Provie1972 1828 D. O'Connell in Times 26 Aug. The police were, I suppose, busy at the Brunswicker's Constitutional Clubs. 1828 D. O'Connell in Dublin Evening Post 26 Aug. Robbery is the soul of a Brunswicker, and peculation what he delights to live in. 1828 New Monthly Mag. 23 473 The opposite wing was..occupied by the Brunswickers. 1878 S. Walpole Hist. Eng. II. x. 398 In the North [of Ireland]..Brunswickers and Catholics dwelt together in the same streets and in the same villages. 1954 J. A. Reynolds Catholic Emancipation Crisis Ireland viii. 151 The ultra-Protestants reacted more strenuously by forming Brunswick clubs... The Brunswickers displayed a fanaticism quite as violent as that of their opponents. 2009 E. Broderick Waterford’s Anglicans iii. 166 The Brunswickers were hissed as they left and were pelted with stones, garbage, and fish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1550 |
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