| 单词 | company of ordonnance |
| 释义 | > as lemmascompany of ordonnance b. French History. In full company of ordonnance. Usually in plural. Applied to the organized companies of men-at-arms which formed the beginnings of a standing army in France. Cf. ordinance n. 13. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > [noun] > men-at-arms or yeomen fellowshipping1486 ordonnance1752 lance1818 1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. 47 If Scotland was attacked, Francis was to aid them with 100,000 crowns, 1500 lancequenets and 200 archers of ordonnance. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. v. 112 Here are my companies of ordonance—here are my French Guards. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico III. vi. ii. 28 The famous ordonnance of Charles the Bold, the best appointed cavalry of their day. 1992 French Hist. Stud. 17 868 They appointed great nobles as..commanders of the companies of ordonnance that made up the backbone of the army. < as lemmas |
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