Brown Bess

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词形变化

Brown Besses 复数 Brown Besses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The British Army's Land Pattern Musket or any of its derivatives, standard-issue weapons for British soldiers in the American Revolution.

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词源

From an archaic meaning of brown, meaning plain or ordinary, and Bess, a nickname for Elizabeth associated with the lower class and prostitutes.

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