countreとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

countre (三人称単数 現在形 countres, 現在分詞 countring, 過去形および過去分詞形 countred)

1. Obsolete form of counter.

語源 2

See country

名詞

countre (複数形 countres)

1. (Early Modern English) Country.
   • c. 1549, Desiderius Erasmus, Two Dyaloges^[1]:

     But what say ye by hym whiche when he oweth more then he is worthe, wyll not stycke to lashe prodygallye and set the cocke vpon the hoope, and yet yf he haue any money at all lefte to spende that a waye vnthryftely, and when he hathe played the parte of a knauyshe spendall in one cytie deludinge and disceyuyng his creditours, ronnes out of this countre and getteth hym to some other good towne, and there sekynge for straugers and newe acquayntauce whom he may lykewyse begyle, yea and playeth many suche lyke partes and shameful shiftes.