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‖ parlementaire|parləmɑ̃tɛr|
[Fr., f. parlementer to discuss terms, to parley.]
= parliamentary n. 3.
1918E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 434 Parlementaire, in the French services the term meaning a bearer of a flag of truce. 1931Economist 14 Nov. 892/2 The Japanese expeditionary force..began by sending parlementaires to the local Chinese military commander..who agreed to withdraw his troops ten kilometres. 1945R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 230 Terms having been refused his parlementaires, Osman was left with no option but to submit in unconditional surrender. 1945C. S. Forester Commodore xxii. 253 ‘French or Russian, sir,’ said the parlementaire ‘they will die unless they receive speedy aid.’ 1950W. S. Churchill Second World War (1951) IV. ii. xxiv. 376 At dawn on the 21st General Klopper sent out a parlementaire with an offer to capitulate, and at 7.45 a.m. German officers came to his headquarters and accepted his surrender. |