单词 | zeelander |
释义 | Zeelandern. A native or inhabitant of the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands.Zeeland is an agricultural province of the south-western Netherlands; it encompasses the estuaries of several rivers and much of its land is reclaimed from the sea. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of the Low Countries > [noun] > the Dutch > native or inhabitant of Holland > parts of Frison1303 Zeelanderc1400 Friese1481 Frisian1601 c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 235 (MED) When þis Arnolde was in þe hye see, he was taken wiþ Selanders [v.rr. Seelanderes, Solendirs]. 1436 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. (1907) IV. 197 in Parl. Papers 1906 (Cd. 3218) LXIV. 1 The town of Gaund have graunted hym XV Ml men..wythoute Hollanders, Zelanders, Brabanders, Ghelders, Hanawders that ben apoyntid unto the same nombre. 1443 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) V. 308 (MED) Lettres of inquisicion..to enquere who were takers of any of þe Hollanders & Zellanders goodes. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. cccxx/1v For as for the holanders, and zelanders [Fr. Zellandois], the warre of Flaunders touched then no thynge, they wolde nat therfore defende their marchaundyses to rynne. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iii. 133 The Zealanders..with their long rusty prages, slew euery mothers sonne of them. 1608 E. Grimeston tr. J. F. Le Petit Gen. Hist. Netherlands ix. 480 The Zeelanders [Fr. Zeelandois] had a wonderfull rich bootie in all these shippes. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Polit. Touch-stone 397 She doth..make more..war upon the Spaniards, than do the Hollanders and Zealanders [It. Zelandesi]. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Madder The Zealanders let their's [sc. madder] grow larger. 1805 Syst. Geogr. III. 466 A victory which the fleet of the Zealanders [1832 Zeelanders] had obtained over the grand fleet of Alva. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 485 Every merchant ship that cleared out from the Thames or the Severn would be manned by Zealanders and Hollanders and Frieslanders. 1880 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic (new ed.) iv. ii. 577/2 The neighbouring village of Zoeterwoude shook with the discharges of the Zealanders' cannon. 1969 Financial Times 21 Mar. 7/6 To see their ambitions fulfilled, promising young Zeelanders started turning to the mainland. 2013 M. Drenthen in F. Clingerman et al. Interpreting Nature xi. 229 Here one can experience the ruthless power of the sea—according to many Zeelanders a reminder why we have to continue to fight nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400 |
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