| 单词 | white rose |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite rose white rose n. a representation of a white rose used as the emblem of the House of York during the 15th-cent. Wars of the Roses (see rose n.1 6); (hence, with capital initials) the House of York itself; (later also) an emblem adopted by Jacobites in the 18th cent, and by sporting teams representing Yorkshire, esp. in cricket. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > specific emblems, badges, or cognizances > of noble houses ragged staff1397 red rose1415 rosea1460 white rosea1460 Stafford knot1552 white horse1814 society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > adherent of House of York or Lancaster > emblem of rosea1460 white rosea1460 society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > specific emblems, badges, or cognizances > political yellow badge1663 white rose1716 red flag1806 red rag1871 Hakenkreuz1922 swastika1932 yellow star1941 society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > Jacobitism > emblem of white rose1716 a1460 in Archaeologia (1814) 17 226 (MED) Thes ben the Names of..the Bages that perteynyth to the Duke of Yorke..The Bages that he beryth by the Castle of Clyfford is a Whyte Roose. a1561 G. Cavendish Metrical Visions (1980) 1408 Adewe my Sonne Edward, sprong of the Royall race, Of the wight roose and the rede. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 4 The People, who..had beene fully made capable of the clearnesse of the Title of the White-Rose or House of Yorke. 1716 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1901) V. 237 Divers were destroyed by the Georgian Party, only for having white Roses, a way by which..the Cavaliers distinguished themselves. 1887 F. M. Crawford Saracinesca i Men flocked to the standards of the White Rose of York. 1923 J. Buchan Midwinter (1924) 276 I turned Jacobite to please Claudie. There was no welcome..unless a man wore the white rose. 2005 F. Cheetham Eng. Medieval Alabasters (new ed.) 29/1 A number of the surviving St. John's heads housings have the Yorkist emblems of the white rose. 2007 Wisden Cricketer May 44/5 Ever proud of his county, he said plans to let non-Tykes wear the White Rose were: ‘A bloody disgrace. Anybody not born in this great county shouldn't be allowed to take the field for Yorkshire’. < as lemmas |
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