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单词 town-taker
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Definition of town-taker in English:

town-taker

noun ˈtaʊnˌteɪkə
  • A person who captures towns; a besieger of towns. Chiefly as a personal epithet, especially of Demetrius I (336–283 b.c.), king of Macedon.

Origin

Mid 17th century. From town + taker, originally (with reference to Demetrius I) after French preneur de villes, lit. ‘taker of towns’ and its model Hellenistic Greek πολιορκητής besieger.

Definition of town-taker in US English:

town-taker

nounˈtaʊnˌteɪkə
  • A person who captures towns; a besieger of towns. Chiefly as a personal epithet, especially of Demetrius I (336–283 b.c.), king of Macedon.

Origin

Mid 17th century. From town + taker, originally (with reference to Demetrius I) after French preneur de villes, lit. ‘taker of towns’ and its model Hellenistic Greek πολιορκητής besieger.

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