| 单词 |
manqueller |
| 释义 |
manqueller Obs. exc. arch.|ˈmænkwɛlə(r)|
[f. man n.1 + queller.]
A manslayer, murderer.
c1290Beket 436 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 119 Þat a luþer þef, a manquellare hadde a so liȝt dom. a1300Cursor M. 2205 Nembrot..O babilon king..Reuer and man-queller. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 383 Þus þei ben..monquelleres of pore men, whose lyvelode þei awey taken fro hom. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 2365 Semey [= Shimei] callid Dauid man of Belial and manqwhellere. 1529More Dyaloge iii. Wks. 244/1 No wise manne wer there that woulde put al weapons away because manquellers misuse them. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, ii. i. 58 Thou art a honyseed, a Man-queller, and a woman-queller. 1632I. L. Womens Rights 343 If a man were slaine..and another man receiued the man-queller. 1681W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 863 A man-queller; homicida. 1870Bryant Iliad I. i. 14 While multitudes are perishing by the hand Of Hector, the man-queller.
b. An executioner. (Cf. manslayer b.)
c1300Seyn Julian (MS. Ashmole) 185 Com uorþ he sede my manquellare..And smyt of hire heued. 1382Wyclif Mark vi. 27 A manquellere sent [Vulg. misso spiculatore]. |
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