farmer-general

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A member of a privileged association in France, before the French Revolution, who collected duties on behalf of the king, along with bonus fees for themselves. historical
    — In the same tone a farmer general in France, who had probably beggared a province, and whose rapacity had hastened the late revolution, exclaimed, "What need of reformation?" To such men I can make no reply […]

词形变化

farmers-general plural

词源

Calque of French fermier général
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