pantaloon

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The Lord Proprietor had treated him as a pantaloon, and these lifeboatmen--so little they valued him--could not be at the pains of catching a rope He steered, as nearly as he could calculate, west-by-south, allowing at a guess for the set of the tide.

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  1. noun Men's wide breeches extending from waist to ankle, worn especially in England in the late 17th century. Often used in the plural.
  2. noun Tight trousers extending from waist to ankle with straps passing under the instep, worn especially in the 19th century. Often used in the plural.
  3. noun Trousers; pants. Often used in the plural.

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  1. French pantalon, a kind of trouser, from Pantalon, Pantaloon; see Pantaloon.

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  1. from French Pantalon =Spanish pantalon = Portuguese pantalão, from Italian dial. Pantalone,a buffoon, pantaloon, so called in allusion to the Venetians,who were nick named pantalion, from the name of St. Pantaleon (Italian Pantaleone), the patron saint of Venice, whose name was a favorite one with the Venetians; from Latin Pantaleon, from Greek Πανταλέων a proper name, literally ‘alllion’ (perhaps favoured as supplying an allusion to the lion of St. Mark), from πᾶς (παντ-), all, + λέων, lion. The name is also explained by Littré) as for *Pantelemone, from Middle Greek παντελεήμων, all-merciful, from Greek πᾶς (παντ-), all, + ἐλεήμων, merciful (See alms, elecmosynary); but neither this nor the form ἐλεῶν (ἐλεοντ-), present participle of ἐλεεῑν, have mercy, suits the case. A third explanation, mentioned Byron, makes the Italian Pantaleone stand for *piantaleone, as if ‘the planter of the lion’ (the standard bearing the lion of St. Mark), from ,piantar, plant, + leone, lion.
 

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