单词 | yeoman of the guard |
释义 | > as lemmasYeoman of the Guard a. Yeoman of the Guard: a member of the body-guard of the sovereign of England (first appointed at the accession of Henry VII, and originally archers). Also Extraordinary Yeoman: see beefeater n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > lifeguard or bodyguard > [noun] > specific Yeoman of the Guard1485 solak1520 janissary1529 Mameluke1531 praetorian1592 trabant1617 beefeater1671 bostangi1686 mousquetaire1706 drabant1707 protector1781 Varangian1788 Papal Zouave1864 greenfinch1865 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > warder of Tower of London Extraordinary Yeoman1485 waiter1551 warder1679–88 beefeater1864 1485 in Hennell Hist. Yeom. Gd. (1904) 23 Oure humble and feithful subgiet William Browne yoman of oure garde. 1509–10 Act 1 Hen. VIII c. 14 A Yoman of the Crowne or of the Kynges garde. 1519–20 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 307 Ress' for the Buryall of a yoman of the Gard þat dyed at þe Swan..ij s. 1552 in Hennell Hist. Yeom. Gd. (1904) 292 The Garde, 1552... Ordinarie Yeomen in number cc... Extraordinarie Yeomen in number cc & vii. 1573 in Hennell Hist. Yeom. Gd. (1904) 293 Raulf Colborne an extraordinarye yeoman. 1613 J. Taylor True Cause Watermens Suit in Wks. (1630) i. 175 Gentlemen of the priuy Chamber, or Yeomen of the Gard at least. 1647 L. Haward Charges Crown Revenue 19 Captaine of the Guard..Ordinary Yeomen of the Guard, 200..50 Extraordinary. 1675 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 305 A Ld Chamberlain was never before turned out for striking a yeoman of the guard. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 109. ⁋2 The vast jetting Coat and small Bonnet, which was the Habit in Harry the Seventh's Time, is kept on in the Yeomen of the Guard. 1745 E. Montagu Let. 3 Sept. (1813) III. 13 I can eat more buttered roll in a morning than a great girl at a boarding-school, and more beef at dinner than a yeoman of the guards. 1904 Hennell Hist. Yeom. Gd. 62 In the Yeomen of the Guard the yeomen are all non-commissioned officers, sergeants or sergeant-majors. < as lemmas |
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