单词 |
Arnaut |
释义 |
Arnaut|ɑːˈnaʊt| Also Arnaout, etc. [See Albanian a.2 and n.2] An Albanian, spec. one serving in the Turkish army. Also attrib.
1717Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 319 The Arnounts..are natives of Arnountlick, the Ancient Macedonia,..being the best militia in the Turkish Empire. 1802C. James Milit. Dict., Arnauts, Turkish light cavalry. 1833Penny Cycl. I. 258/1 The population of Albania has always been of a warlike character... At present, under the denomination of Arnauts, they rank among the flower of the Ottoman army. 1863Paton Hist. Egypt. Revol. II. xxiii. 256 Instances occurred of Arnaut soldiers getting richly dressed prostitutes, adorned with jewels, into their houses. 1910Encycl. Brit. IX. 107/1 The Arnaut (or Albanian) soldiers in the service of Khosrev tumultuously demanded their pay. 1922D. H. Low tr. Ballads of Marko Kraljević 129 A wild Arnaut woman bore me. |

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