(ทริบ'บิวน์) n. ผู้พิทักษ์สิทธิของประชาชน, เจ้าหน้าที่คุ้มครองประชาชน, เวทีแสดงสุนทรพจน์, เวทีอภิปราย, ยกพื้นสำหรับการแสดงสุนทรพจน์, See also: tribuneship n.
n. [ L. tribunus, properly, the chief of a tribe, fr. tribus tribe: cf. F. tribun. See Tribe. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by the senate and consuls. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The tribunes were at first two, but their number was increased ultimately to ten. There were also military tribunes, officers of the army, of whom there were from four to six in each legion. Other officers were also called tribunes; as, tribunes of the treasury, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Anciently, a bench or elevated place, from which speeches were delivered; in France, a kind of pulpit in the hall of the legislative assembly, where a member stands while making an address; any place occupied by a public orator. [ 1913 Webster ]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
