单词 | vergobret |
释义 | vergobretn. The chief magistrate among the ancient Ædui of Gaul. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > of ancient Gallic tribe vergobret1565 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia i. f. 12 The principall office, which they call Vergobret,..is an offyce that lasteth but from yere to yere, and for the tyme hath absolute power of life and deathe. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Vergobert, a Mayor or Burgomaster; Among the ancient Heduanes it was a yearly elected chief Officer or Magistrate that had power of life and death. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. 3 The power of the Vergobret, or Prince of each tribe, was absolute. 1892 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 4th Ser. v. 107 The present literary vergobret of the Æduan state..refused all help. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1565 |
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