单词 | pétroleur |
释义 | ‖ pétroleur|petrɔlœr| [Fr. (in Dict. Acad. 1878), f. pétrole + -eur, ending of masc. agent-nouns.] A (male) incendiary who uses petroleum. Also ‖ pétroleuse |petrɔlœz| [fem. of this], a female who does the same; esp. applied to the women who set fire to public buildings in Paris by means of petroleum, during the Commune in May 1871.
1871Standard 7 Sept. 4 The judgment recorded against the five Petroleuses, or petroleum-throwers, tried this week. 1871Ruskin Fors Clav. vii. (1896) I. 138 His daughter had made a petroleuse of herself. 1878Dowden Stud. Lit. 466 The petroleuse dragged like a chained beast through the scorching streets of Paris. 1902Daily Chron. 13 May 6/6 His looks suggested the pétroleur more than the littérateur. |

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