Law. A person declared to be outside the law and deprived of its benefits and protection; a person under sentence of outlawry (outlawry, n.). Also…
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释义 | society > authority > punishment > outlawry > [noun] > outlaw (14) outlawOE Law. A person declared to be outside the law and deprived of its benefits and protection; a person under sentence of outlawry (outlawry, n.). Also… friendless manOE Anglo-Saxon Law. Outlawed; exiled. Chiefly in friendless man. Now historical. wolf's-head?c1300 Anglo-Saxon Law. A cry for the pursuit of an outlaw as one to be hunted down like a wolf; transferred (originally in to cry wolf's head) an outlaw. waithmanc1425 A hunter; esp. applied to forest outlaws. banished man1495 Outlawed, put to the ban. banished man n.: an outlaw, a bandit. Obsolete. broken man1528 one under sentence of outlawry, or living the life of an outlaw, or depredator, chiefly in the Highlands and Border districts. proscript1576 A proscribed person; an outlaw; an exile. horner1590 Scottish. A person who has been ‘put to the horn’ or declared a rebel. Obsolete. outlawed1644 An outlawed person. Obsolete. rare. caput lupinum1837 Occasionally used in certain Latin phrases in Astronomy, etc., as Caput Draconis, i.e. Dragon's Head, a star in Draco; caput lupinum (lit., wolf's… ronin1858 In feudal Japan: a samurai without a lord or master, esp. one who lives as a mercenary warrior; a wandering samurai, an outlaw. Also figurative. Subcategories:— female (1) — collective group or clan of (2) |
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