单词 | observation corps |
释义 | > as lemmasobservation corps observation corps n. ΚΠ 1862 N. B. Forrest Let. 6 Aug. in War of Rebellion (U.S. War Dept.) (1898) 1st Ser. LII. ii. 338 Several citizens informed me that a force of 12,000 or 15,000 of the enemy had come in this morning. I immediately sent forward a reconnoitering force and ascertained that it was only an observation corps, which remained but a very few minutes. 1922 19th Cent. Jan. 48 The establishment of a British observation corps, similar to the ‘Piffers’ of later times. 1999 Global News Wire (Nexis) 11 Aug. The work will be carried out in two directions, one of which is political enlightenment of the population and formation of an observation corps. < as lemmas |
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