highman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A man of rank, especially a high rank; a superior.
    — If not riding for life, that he is riding for immortality; and as the hero may perchance feel (for even a highman may feel like a hero), when he willingly throws away his existence in the hope of earning a glorious name, […]
  2. A loaded die that yields high numbers. obsolete,slang
    — "He had a couple of bales of crooked dice, a highman and a lowman and one with a bristle on the pip, but he hasn't the way of using them properly yet. […]"

词形变化

highmen plural

词源

From Middle English heimon, equivalent to high + man.
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