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‖ retraite|rətrɛt| Also erron. rétraite. [Fr.: a mod. re-borrowing of retraite (see retrait n.1).] 1. = retrait n.1 3 b.; en retraite, in retirement or seclusion.
1860Mrs. Gaskell Let. 27 Aug. (1966) 631, I quite understand the wisdom of French ladies going into rétraite. 1958L. Durrell Mountolive v. 102 Pombal is doing all this legitimately. He is on local leave. I am en retraite. 2. Mil. = retrait n.1 2.
1883Standard 21 Sept. 3/1 A grand dinner..was followed by the performance of a retraite by the combined bands of the Eleventh Army Corps. |