单词 | war-dog |
释义 | war-dogn. A dog trained for use in war (formerly, to attack the foe; latterly, for carrying messages, sentry-work, etc.). Also figurative, a fierce warrior (cf. sea-dog n.); U.S. one whose voice is for war, a ‘war-hawk’. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > militarism > [noun] > warmongering > warmonger war-hawk1798 war-dog1813 war-man1814 warmonger1817 levier1831 sabre-rattler1928 hot warrior1950 society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] wyec900 rinkeOE earlOE manlOE champion?c1225 warrer?c1225 drightmanc1275 here-dringc1275 here-gumec1275 here-kempec1275 wal-kempc1275 warrior1297 battlerc1300 fighterc1300 battle-wrighta1400 man-of-war1449 frekec1475 war-manc1485 combatant1489 Mars1565 warfarer1591 combater1598 Mavortian1598 brave1601 fire-eater1792 war-wolf1810 war-hound1812 war-dog1846 toa1860 Mavors1868 fightist1877 ninja1964 simba1964 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > miscellaneous types of dancer1576 truffle dog1760 truffler1783 truffle hound1796 pack dog1844 war-dog1852 dog soldier1869 guide dog1932 sniffer dog1964 emotional support dog1993 1813 Columbian Centinel 23 Oct. 2/1 in A. Matthews Uncle Sam (1908) 28 War-dogs. 1846 Congressional Globe 18 Apr. 687/1 The gentleman regarded 54° 40′ men as ‘war-hawks’ and ‘war-dogs!’ 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. ix. 157 In the hour of battle..the Prince..shrieked curses and encouragement, yelling and harking his bloody war-dogs on, and himself always at the first of the hunt. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iv. 74 But they know where their war-dogs lie. Cromwell, Blake, Marlborough, Chatham, Nelson, and Wellington, are not to be trifled with. 1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 325/2 Corinth was said to have been saved by 50 war dogs, which attacked the enemy that had landed while the garrison slept. 1894 Daily News 1 June 6/7 A type-writing cyclist, who sends despatches back from the front by a war-dog. 1900 United Service Mag. Jan. 425 The umpires decided that the carrying of despatches was the first and indispensable qualification for a ‘war-dog’. 1920 E. H. Richardson (title) British War Dogs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1813 |
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