单词 |
North Briton |
释义 |
North ˈBriton Also 8 Britain. [See north a. 1 c.] A native of Scotland; a Scot.
1708Lond. Gaz. No. 4409/4 Geo. Bremar, a North Britain,..well set and fat. 1717Prior Alma i. 216 North Britons thus have Second Sight. 1822Scott Nigel ii, ‘I see nae gude it wad do me to speak ought else but truth,’ said the worthy North Briton. 1862Borrow Wales xxii, A tall lathy North Briton with a keen eye and hard features. Hence North-ˈBritonize v. An allusion to the title of Wilkes' newspaper, The North Briton, published in 1762–3.
1764H. Walpole Let. to Earl Hertford 12 April (1846) IV. 406 Mr. Wilkes would have been glad to have North-Britonised for our little Bishop of Osnaburgh. |

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