| 单词 | yeoman pricker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyeoman pricker yeoman pricker n. (see pricker n. 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > attendant at hunt pricker1575 yeoman pricker1586 shikari1827 ghillie1832 1586 T. Randolph in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 123 To lend him..a cowple of her Majesties Yeomen prickers and a cowple of the Groomes of the Leese. 1760 R. Heber Horse Matches ix. 23 50 l. was run for, free only for the Huntsmen, Yeomen Prickers, and Keepers of Windsor Forest. 1789 G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne 17 I saw myself one of the yeomen-prickers single out a stag from the herd. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. iii*. 130 Were you to put in for it, I would warrant you were made one of the Abbot's yeomen-prickers. 1891 Daily News 12 June 3/1 At Ascot..the Royal procession..was headed by Lord Coventry, the Master of the Buckhounds, and the whips and yeomen prickers in their picturesque uniform of green and scarlet. < as lemmas |
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