| 单词 | states-monger |
| 释义 | state-monger, states-monger Now rare or arch.
[See monger n.1]
A contemptuous designation for: A projector of political constitutions; a pretender to political science.
1616J. Lane Contn. Sqr.'s T. iv. 375 Some mockd at somme, for state-mongers absurd, till scarce one of them all had one wise word. 1622Ld. Keeper Williams Let. 17 Sept., in Cabala (1654) 111, I would therefore see the most subtile State-monger in the world chalk out a way for his Majestie to mediate for Grace, and favour for the Protestants. 1678Butler Hud. iii. ii. 999 This said; the impatient States-monger Could now contain himself no longer. 1682D'Urfey Butler's Ghost 125 He finding that the warpt Statemonger Would preach his Canting Treason longer, Resolv'd [etc.]. 1816Southey Ess. (1832) I. 347 The old balsam of memory should be prescribed for such state-mongers. [1844Disraeli Coningsby ii. i, The Arch-Mediocrity..though not a statesman, might be classed among those whom the Lord Keeper Williams used to call ‘statemongers’.] 1891F. W. Bain Antichrist i. 53 The Revolutionary statesmongers were far too much in a hurry. 1965C. Campos View of France x. 241 Perhaps..France is the source of light, as a certain tall statemonger would have it. Or perhaps Arnold was right after all and the English are a more earnest nation. |
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