led captain

English

led captain (plural led captains)

(obsolete) An obsequious sidekick
- January 8 1733, Jonathan Swift, letter to Lady Betty Germain
  Mr. Pope (with whom I lived) and Mr. Gay were then great favourites of Mrs. Howard, especially the latter, who was then one of her led-captains.
- 1777, The Laughing Philosopher:
  We hardly ſee a poor Peer, or a debilitated Knight, without his Toad-eater and Led-Captain; a Thing devoted to ſmile when he ſmiles, laugh loud when he does, and entertain his gueſts by ſubmitting himself to be the butt and jeſt of his keeper.

单词	led captain
释义	led captain English Noun led captain (plural led captains) (obsolete) An obsequious sidekick January 8 1733, Jonathan Swift, letter to Lady Betty Germain Mr. Pope (with whom I lived) and Mr. Gay were then great favourites of Mrs. Howard, especially the latter, who was then one of her led-captains. 1777, The Laughing Philosopher: We hardly ſee a poor Peer, or a debilitated Knight, without his Toad-eater and Led-Captain; a Thing devoted to ſmile when he ſmiles, laugh loud when he does, and entertain his gueſts by ſubmitting himself to be the butt and jeſt of his keeper. References led in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 Anagrams pedantical
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