单词 | violator |
释义 | violatorn. 1. A person who commits rape or sexual assault. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > defilement of chastity or woman > forcible > one who rapes ravishera1325 ravenerc1390 violator?a1475 rapter1582 abuser1584 raptor1592 rapist1869 raper1878 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 33 Sardanapallus, a man hauenge grete delectacion of women and a violator of þeim [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. more wrecche þan eny womman, L. omni muliere corruptior]. 1578 B. Rich Allarme to Eng. ii. sig. D.ij In the time of warre whom they call a violatour of women, a rauisher, & deflowrer: in the time of peace they cal him a friendly and louing gentleman. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 41 That Angelo is an adulterous thiefe, An hypocrite, a virgin violator . View more context for this quotation 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Playes Written 520 To maintain..her Honour against wicked Violators. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xciii. 327 If, by vowing love and honour at the altar to such a violator, I could sanctify..his unprecedented and elaborate wickedness. 1794 J. Clowes tr. E. Swedenborg Delights of Wisdom conc. Conjugial Love 469 These violators are altogether averse to consent, and are set on fire by resistance. 1825 Monthly Rev. Mar. 315 The laws of some antient states..gave the female the option of taking her violator in marriage or insisting on his death. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Boadicea 50 Me the sport of ribald Veterans, mine of ruffian violators! 1920 I. Goldberg Stud. Spanish-Amer. Lit. iv. 286 Before surrendering her person..she rubs poison over her lips, thus slaying her violator. 2002 S. Sielke Reading Rape ii. 71 Ruth, of course, has not been raped. The bestial violator is all in her mind, we are told. 2. A defiler or desecrator of something sacred; a person who fails to respect something that is holy or held in high esteem. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrilege > [noun] > one who commits sacrilegerc1380 defouler14.. sacrilegea1492 violator1533 defiler1551 profaner?1552 sacrilegist1621 desecrator1879 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [noun] > desecration or profanation > one who violator1533 1533 tr. Erasmus Enchiridion Militis Christiani xiii. sig. I.viiiv I am sayst thou no keper of hores, no thefe, no violatour of holy thynges. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 825/1 But Guye de Mountfort was excommunicate, as a violatour of the churche. 1591 in J. Campbell Balmerino & Abbey (1867) iii. ii. 178 Ordanis the sessione of the kirk of Balmerinoch to cause violatoris of the Sabbath day publictlie to make publict repentance thairfor. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 13 The persecutors of those who submit themselves are to me in equall execration with the violatours of Sepulchers. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 30 Commanding the Inquisitors to execute judgement upon violators, and novelties in Religion. 1725 D. Humphreys tr. B. de Montfaucon Suppl. Antiq. Explained V. iv. viii. 541 Maledictions bestowed upon the Violators of Sephulcres. 1758 Admon. Holy Week 43 He who..can enter into leagues with vanity..is more a violator of the sacrifice of his redemption, than all the accusers and judges of his Lord. 1865 S. Baring-Gould Bk. Were-wolves xv. 250 It is well known that Oriental romance is full of stories of violators of graves. 1898 G. Meredith Revol. in Odes French Hist. x They, violators of home, dared hope an inviolate home. 1923 R. B. Anderson tr. G. Brandes Creative Spirits of 19th Cent. iii. 154 In the prime of his manhood he becomes, first a violator of the temple, then a temple burner. 1984 M. Richler in G. Lynch & D. Rampton Canad. Ess. (1991) 255 Before a court composed of just about the entire family, he denounced me as a violator of the Sabbath. 2005 B. Keeble Every Man Artist xvi. 85 Intrinsically the sacred is inviolable, and so much so that any attempted violation recoils on the head of the violator. 3. A person who breaks a law, rule, promise, etc., or who fails to observe an agreement. Also: a person who fails to respect a right or privilege. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > wrongdoer > [noun] guilter12.. misdoera1325 trespasser1362 transgressor1377 offendera1450 wrongerc1449 misruler1450 wrongdoerc1450 delinquent1484 committer1509 violater1523 faulter1535 violator?1535 exceeder1625 misfeasor1631 tortfeasor1658 misactor1659 culprit1769 disorderly1852 society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > insubordinate person > one who breaks rule or custom transgressor1377 breakerc1384 infractor1524 violator?1535 infringer1541 contravener1567 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > evil-doer > offender or transgressor guilter12.. trespasser1362 transgressor1377 prevaricatora1425 surfeitera1425 offendera1450 delinquent1484 committer1509 violater1523 faulter1535 violator?1535 offendent1580 peccant1621 exceeder1625 moocher1675 culprit1769 sinner1809 ?1535 Treat. Diuers Constit. Prouync. & Legantines xviii. sig. D.viiv The sentence of excomunication decreed agaynste the vyolatours of the churches lyberties. 1563 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. i. 435 Commoune manifest transgressouris, violatouris, and brekaris of our souerane ladeis proclamationis. 1642 C. Vernon Considerations Excheqver 104 That due punishment be inflicted upon the violators thereof. 1682 T. Wilson Serm. Martyrdom King Charles I 20 They accused and arraigned him for..a Violator of his Oaths and Promises. 1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 16 The Violator of the Laws of the Society. 1765 S. Johnson Pref. to Shakespear's Plays p. xxi Shakespeare, indeed, was not the only violator of chronology. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iii. vi. 170 Whoever thought wrong,..was a flagrant violator of the inestimable liberty of conscience. 1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 76 Those who attack others, not those who defend themselves, are the real violators of treaties. 1919 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 17 July 1/5 The so-called terror group..have gone to extremes in punishing alleged violators of bolshevik laws. 1957 Amer. Catholic Sociol. Rev. 18 216 Slightly more than half of all the violators were reimprisoned for committing a new offense. 2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 10 Sept. 33/3 The case would mark the first time an alleged human-rights violator would be prosecuted on charges of lying on a citizenship form. 4. A person who disturbs or interrupts another's peace, rest, etc., or who intrudes upon another's privacy. Also: a person who commits violence against someone or something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > person cut-throat1535 club-fist1575 violator1583 club-lawyera1670 thug1838 outrager1840 messer1942 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > intrusion or interference > one who > violently violator1583 1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) I. 701/2 Violatours of the peace and dignity of our Realme. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada iii. 156 Melianto, an unjust Prince, unreasonable, a ravisher, a violator of quiet. 1704 D. Jones tr. Cevennes Manifesto in Compl. Hist. Europe 1703 114 Their Oppressors, and Violators of their Repose. 1787 A. Young Jrnl. 24 July in Trav. France (1792) i. 31 The incendiaries, robbers, and violators of mankind. 1813 Parl. Deb. XXVI. 730/3 A principle which ought to unite..the people of all nations..against the violator of their peace, their happiness, and their independence. 1858 Investigator Feb. 133/2 Making me appear as a violator of privacy. 1959 A. Nin Children of Albatross 168 They aroused the barbarian in him, the violator of cities, the sacker and invader. 1983 V. Deloria & C. M. Lytle Amer. Indians, Amer. Justice ix. 200 The two contending parties are seen as violators of the community peace and stability. 2010 M. E. Snodgrass P. Carey 147 Lucinda..rebukes the violator of her personal space. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?a1475 |
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