See Also: ploughgate(medicine)

tragedian (iou) and ploughgate (medicine)


tragedian (iou)



tragedian noun. LME.
[Old French tragediane, French tragedien from Old & mod. French tragedie TRAGEDY: see -IAN.]
A writer of tragedy; a tragic poet or dramatist. LME.
A tragic actor. L16.
fig. A person involved in a tragic or dreadful calamity; the victim, or inflicter, of a tragic fate. L16-M17.

ploughgate (medicine)


ploughgate


The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland. "Not having one plowgate of land." (Sir W. Scott)

Source: Websters Dictionary