单词 | campion |
释义 | † campionn.1 Obsolete. 1. One who fights in single combat as a trial of strength or bravery, or to decide a judicial question; a gladiator, pugilist, or professional fighter; a combatant. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > champion or fighter in single combat campionc1320 defendantc1450 combatant1489 appellant1520 defender?c1525 principal1590 duellist1593 champion1597 combater1598 dueller1614 battailant1620 pistol man1784 monomachist1828 c1320 Cast. Love 970 I am as campion [v.r. campioun] ouer-come. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 60 Campyon or champyon, athleta, pugil. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xv. 60 As ilk man war a campioun. c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Djv Thay refusit na maner of besines nor laubour that micht pertene to forsy campionis. 2. One who fights on behalf of another, or on behalf of any cause; a champion. technical one who ‘does battle’ for another in wager of battle. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > champion or fighter in single combat > on behalf of another campionc1270 championc1330 fighter1619 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights > one who fights on another's behalf campionc1270 championc1330 c1270 Saints' Lives (Laud) (1887) 281 Ich habbe ane guode Caumpiun to þine bi-hofþe i-founde. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 5660 in Wks. (1931) I Mony one nobyll Campioun..The Law of God thay did defende. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 180 b S. Paul that maist invincible campion of Christ. 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 215 Their cheife Campions discouraged. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 57 Anent the exchange of campions..gif..ane other campion is produced in the kings court then he quha waged the battell in the inferiour court. a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 79 Our Head, and soverane Campioun, Jesus Christ. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). campionn.2 Herbalism. The name of certain plants, species of the genus Lychnis: under the name Lyte included the cultivated Rose Campion, L. (Agrostemma Linn.) coronaria, and the wild Red and White Campions, L. diurna and L. vespertina. It is doubtful whether it was a popular name even of these. Later writers have extended it, with qualifications, to a number of allied species, as campion of Constantinople n. the Scarlet Lychnis ( L. chalcedonica). meadow campion n. the Ragged Robin, L. Flos Cuculi. bladder campion n. Silene inflata. corn campion n. the Corn Cockle, Agrostemma Githago. moss campion n. Silene acaulis: these are only book-names. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > campion and ragged robin cow-rattle14.. campion1576 behen1578 crowsoap1578 white campion1578 catchfly1597 feather-top wild campion1597 frothy poppy1597 lime-wort1597 nonsuch1597 sea campion1597 spattling poppy (also campion)1597 Greek rose1601 lychnis1601 knap-bottle1640 moss pink1641 Lobel's catchfly1664 red robin1678 moss campion1690 red campion1728 round robin1741 Silene1751 Nottingham catchfly1762 silenal1836 Robin Hood1844 thunder-flower1853 gunpowder weed1860 sea-catchfly1864 robin redbreast1880 poppy1886 thunderbolt1886 rattleweed1893 cancer1896 bladder-campion- 1576 M. de L'obel Nova Stirpium Adversaria 142 Lychnis Coronaria... Rose Campion. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. x. 158 The wilde white Campion hath a rough white stemme. 1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium v. 46 Sweet-Williams, Campions, Sops-in-wine One by another neatly. 1686 J. Ray Hist. Plantarum II. 992 Lychnis Coronaria, Garden Campions or Rose Campion. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 68/1 The double Champions are both red and white. 1859 E. Capern Ballads & Songs (new ed.) 128 The campion with its star of fire. 1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland 102 Here and there bloomed a little moss campion. 1881 G. Allen Vignettes from Nature iii. 24 Known to..village children as red and white campion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1c1270n.21576 |
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