disrate

Example Sentences

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Must be minded, or it’s rank mutiny, and a disrate.

From Menhardoc by Staniland, C.J.

But I hope you'll take care of the rest of my crew, and not disrate them after I am dead, in favour of new followers.

From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

Owner can fire captain but only captain can fire or disrate ship's officers.

From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

In your cablegram received to-day, you take occasion to remind us that no manager or owner has authority to disrate a ship's officer.

From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

But I hope you'll take care of the rest of my crew, and not disrate them after I am dead in favour of new followers.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur