单词 | grande armée |
释义 | Grande Arméen. Chiefly with capital initials. The principal French army deployed in Napoleon's military campaigns between 1805 and 1814. Also (more loosely): the entirety of the multinational forces deployed by Napoleon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > [noun] > other armies Grand Army1792 Grande Armée1819 Grand Army1827 Nizam1840 Red Army1919 Reichswehr1920 ARVN1966 1819 Times 2 Sept. 2/4 M. Daru, the ancient Intendant Militaire of the Grande Armee, is universally looked up to, both for his talents and political conduct. 1844 W. Siborne Hist. War in 1815 I. ii. 20 The renowned ‘grande armée’ of Imperial France. 1896 G. A. Henty Through Russ. Snows vii. 142 All believed that the Grande Armée would be invincible. 1942 C. Oman Britain against Napoleon x. 302 Her army could not compare in numbers with the Grande Armée. 1974 O. von Pivka Napoleon's Polish Troops 21/1 The Vistula Legion, which had joined the Grande Armée 7,000 strong, was reduced to 1,500 by the time the army reached Smolensk. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Oct. 6/4 By 1810, desertions from the Grande Armée had risen to a thousand a day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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