Meaning of upright man | Babel Free
Definitions
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The leader of a group of thieves or vagrants. UK, archaic
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see upright, man.
Examples
“I hope then you can cant, for by your cudgels, you sirra are an upright man.”
“And the gentry had kind hearts, and would have given baith lap and pannel to ony puir gypsy; and there was not one, from Johnnie Faa the upright man, to little Christie that was in the panniers, would cloyed a dud from them.”
“Later He gave him freedom from the Lord to live alone as an upright man to cultivate and keep His garden called Eden.”
“The Upright Man, the chief of the crew, arose from his chair, donned his gown of state, a very ancient brocade dressing gown, filched, most probably, from the wardrobe of some strolling player, grasped his baton of office, a stout oaken truncheon, and sallied forth.”
“The Upright Man who performed the ceremony was the elected King of the Beggars, the Rector Chory or Dimber-Damber.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.