| 单词 | grand army of the republic |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGrand Army of the Republic 3. U.S. In full Grand Army of the Republic. An association of veterans who served in the Union army or navy during the American Civil War, formed at Decatur, Illinois, in 1866. Now historical. ΚΠ 1866 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 8 June The constitution of the Grand Army of the Republic, with sundry amendments, was adopted by the State League. a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) iii. 83 Gretry was a large, placid, smooth-faced man, stolid as an ox; inevitably dressed in blue serge,..a Grand Army button in his lapel. 1904 N.Y. Evening Post 30 May 2 In every city where a Grand Army post is located the veterans marched to the cemeteries. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xxi. 263 A Grand Army man stood in the press on the sidewalk. 1990 S. King Stand (new ed.) ii. xlv. 487 Many of these men, Grand Army of the Republic veterans, had eaten more than a few goober peas during their time in the service. < as lemmas |
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