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单词 capitulant
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capitulantn.

Brit. /kəˈpɪtjᵿlənt/, /kəˈpɪtʃᵿlənt/, U.S. /kəˈpɪtʃələnt/
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: -ant suffix1; French capitulant, capituler.
Etymology: Either < capitul- (in capitulate v.) + -ant suffix1, or directly < French capitulant, present participle of capituler capitulate v. Compare French capitulant member of a religious chapter (1405 in Middle French).
A person who capitulates or has capitulated.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > defeated or conquered > [noun] > one who surrenders
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1747 tr. F. von der Trenck Memoirs 89 He and his people, notwithstanding their having been amongst the capitulants of Lintz, had..withdrawn themselves from their quarters in an open country to a fortified town.
1795 G. Turnbull Narr. Revolt Grenada 13 [They] were admitted, first as capitulants, or afterwards on various other pretences, to settle in Grenada.
1835 A. Alison Hist. Europe during French Revol. IV. xxvii. 88 Gaining possession of the fortress which the capitulants held.
1850 T. J. F. Alden Rep. Supreme Court Pennsylvania Condensed 1 150 The 13 Art. of the capitulation, protects the property of the capitulants from British or French capture.
1901 P. C. Moore in Eng. Rep. XIV. 651 The Cape..had capitulated to the British forces under a treaty which secured to the capitulants their rights of property.
1967 M. Boulby Hermann Hesse vi. 235 Goldmund, indeed, comes back in triumph, and not as the abject capitulant.
1995 New Scientist 12 Aug. 33/2 Calling it junk DNA is a capitulant's point of view. You don't study it any more.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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