单词 | buckeen |
释义 | buckeenn.1 Anglo-Irish. A young man belonging to the ‘second-rate gentry’ of Ireland, or a younger son of the poorer aristocracy, having no profession, and aping the habits of the wealthier classes. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > gentleman > young gentleman gentleboy1685 master1728 buckeen1793 1793 S. Crumpe Empl. People in Ess. 181 Those nuisances..to every rank of society..bucks and buckeens. 1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee vii, in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 67 Squireens..a race of men who have succeeded to the buckeens. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists vi. 302 After College, he..lived for some years the life of a buckeen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). buckeenn.2 offensive. In Suriname (formerly Dutch Guiana): an indigenous woman. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [noun] > Indians of South America > woman buckeen1806 1806 G. Pinckard Notes W. Indies II. 405 The morning was..spent..in hearing M. Heynemann relate his adventures among the Indians; whom he termed Bucks and Buckeen. 1868 W. H. Brett Indian Missions Guiana 34 (note) The Indian men and women were called by the Dutch ‘Bucks’ and ‘Buckeens’. 1899 J. Rodway In Guiana Wilds 39 They called her a ‘buckeen’; how much prettier than the word squaw. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.11793n.21806 |
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