词汇 | debrett-s peerage |
词源 | Debrett’s Peerage. Another guide to the British aristocracy, Debrett’s Peerage was published in 1802 as a peerage of En- gland, Scotland, and Ireland, making it the first compilation of its kind. Its publisher, John Debrett, who died 20 years later, also published a Baronetage of England (1808). In England to be in Debrett means “to be of noble birth.” See also burke’s peerage, a term more familiar to Americans. |
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