英语词汇“irish legion”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Of a regiment or company in a military force outside the British Isles: composed chiefly of Irish soldiers (or soldiers of Irish origin). Frequently in the names of specific companies and regiments, as Irish Brigade, Irish Legion, etc. Cf. Irish guard n. 1. Now historical.

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1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. ii. ii. 299 Many loose men flocked into that Prouince [sc. Munster] out of the Low-Countries,..being trained there in the Irish Regiment with the Arch-Duke.

1633 W. Watts Swedish Intelligencer: 3rd & 4th Pts. iv. 150 December the third, was the Armie mustered at Konickswinter: and December the tenth, were the English, Scottish, and Irish Brigade, reduced.

1699 J. Stevens tr. F. Camargo y Salcedo Suppl. 39 in tr. J. de Mariana Gen. Hist. Spain He was invited to a Supper, and there put to death by the Officers of the Irish Regiments then in the Emperor's Service.

1718 Faithful Reg. of Late Rebellion 5 He went to France and took service in the Irish Regiment of Foot, commanded by Lieutenant General Dorrington, in the French service.

1820 Times 5 Feb. 3/7 The Irish Legion raised by Gen. D'Evereux, for the service of Venezuela and Granada.

1845 M. J. Barry in Spirit of Nation 231 (note) The recruits for the Irish Brigade..were entered on the ship's books as ‘wild geese’.

1916 Jrnl. Amer. Irish Hist. Soc. 1 84 The Irish Sixty-ninth of New York lost more men in killed and wounded [during the American Civil War] than any other regiment from the state.

1983 C. T. McIntire Eng. against Papacy 1858–61 viii. 202 A small number of English Catholics volunteered [for military service in the Papal States] as well, and were assigned to the Franco-Belgian Tirailleurs or the Irish brigade.

2005 D. H. Akenson Irish Hist. Civilization (2006) I. 408 Eventually, Napoleon turned the Irish Legion into a small unit..of his European army. The officers still are Irish, but..the ranks are filled with prisoners-of-war, mostly Poles.

单词	irish legion
释义	> as lemmas Irish Legion a. Of a regiment or company in a military force outside the British Isles: composed chiefly of Irish soldiers (or soldiers of Irish origin). Frequently in the names of specific companies and regiments, as Irish Brigade, Irish Legion, etc. Cf. Irish guard n. 1. Now historical. ΚΠ 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. ii. ii. 299 Many loose men flocked into that Prouince [sc. Munster] out of the Low-Countries,..being trained there in the Irish Regiment with the Arch-Duke. 1633 W. Watts Swedish Intelligencer: 3rd & 4th Pts. iv. 150 December the third, was the Armie mustered at Konickswinter: and December the tenth, were the English, Scottish, and Irish Brigade, reduced. 1699 J. Stevens tr. F. Camargo y Salcedo Suppl. 39 in tr. J. de Mariana Gen. Hist. Spain He was invited to a Supper, and there put to death by the Officers of the Irish Regiments then in the Emperor's Service. 1718 Faithful Reg. of Late Rebellion 5 He went to France and took service in the Irish Regiment of Foot, commanded by Lieutenant General Dorrington, in the French service. 1820 Times 5 Feb. 3/7 The Irish Legion raised by Gen. D'Evereux, for the service of Venezuela and Granada. 1845 M. J. Barry in Spirit of Nation 231 (note) The recruits for the Irish Brigade..were entered on the ship's books as ‘wild geese’. 1916 Jrnl. Amer. Irish Hist. Soc. 1 84 The Irish Sixty-ninth of New York lost more men in killed and wounded [during the American Civil War] than any other regiment from the state. 1983 C. T. McIntire Eng. against Papacy 1858–61 viii. 202 A small number of English Catholics volunteered [for military service in the Papal States] as well, and were assigned to the Franco-Belgian Tirailleurs or the Irish brigade. 2005 D. H. Akenson Irish Hist. Civilization (2006) I. 408 Eventually, Napoleon turned the Irish Legion into a small unit..of his European army. The officers still are Irish, but..the ranks are filled with prisoners-of-war, mostly Poles. extracted from Irishadj.adv.n. < as lemmas
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