| 单词 | scottish brigade |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScottish Brigade a. = Scots adj. 6a. Frequently in the names of specific companies and regiments, esp. as Scottish Brigade. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > band of mercenaries > [noun] > specific Scots Brigadec1600 Scottish Guard1629 Scottish1632 Scotch1637 Scots Dutch1893 1632 Famous Victorie Leipsich 13 in Swedish Discipline Immediately behinde it (for the greater strength) are there three Divisions of Scottish Muskettiers placed. 1759 W. Harte Hist. Life Gustavus Adolphus II. 10 The king..began to feel a second uneasiness for the brave Scottish brigade left in Oxenford. 1797 R. Heron Scotl. Described 76 Hepburn, who commanded the gallant Scottish Brigade, in the service of the great Gustavus Adolphus, went from the shire of Haddington. 1836 J. Mackay Life Lieut.-Gen. Hugh Mackay 10 In 1650, the second Prince of Orange... The army henceforth, was neglected, and the discipline of the Scottish brigade in particular, generally relaxed. 1896 Notes & Queries 21 Nov. 413/1 The following list of soldiers in the Dutch Scottish Brigade. 1913 H. W. Van Loon Fall of Dutch Republic 184 The King of England, through the English minister in the Hague, had requested the loan of the Scottish brigade to be used in the war with the American colonists. 2004 M. Glozier Sc. Soldiers in France in Reign of Sun King ii. 43 Two Scottish regiments continued to operate in France, and they were the regiment de Douglas and the regiment first raised in 1642 by the Earl of Irvine, which came to be called the ‘garde écossais’. < as lemmas |
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