单词 | reforger |
释义 | reforgern.1 rare. A person who forges something again. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creating again > one who reforger1548 re-edifiera1552 rebuilder1636 reproducer1774 reconstructor1841 remaker1841 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxiv. 187 Christe beeyng a newe reforger of the olde lawe. 1993 Jrnl. Contemp. Hist. 28 624 Matvey Berman, with his silver-topped walking stick in hand, played the role of benevolent ‘master reforger of human souls’. 2004 M. P. Steinberg Listening to Reason iv. 147 Koepnick's focus on the sword Nothung as the carrier of the story as political allegory leads him to combine Siegmund and Siegfried as its finder and reforger. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Reforgern.2 Now historical. An annual military exercise in which NATO forces are deployed to Germany. Frequently attributive.The exercises started during the Cold War as a rehearsal for quickly strengthening military resources in Europe in the event of a conflict with the Soviet Union. ΚΠ 1968 Stars & Stripes 22 Feb. 9/2 (heading) ‘Reforger’ sets up 24th inf div shift. 1978 B. M. Blechman et al. Force without War i. 8 The annual Reforger exercise, in which U.S. ground troops are airlifted to central Europe and engage in maneuvers with other NATO forces, supports the credibility of the United States' preparedness to quickly reinforce the Seventh Army. 1993 Aerospace Daily (Nexis) 20 Apr. 129 Reforger in the past has involved as many as 40,000 troops, practicing a large-scale reinforcement of Europe. 2005 F. W. Kagan Leaders in War v. 57 The Reforger exercise served for me as a precursor to the host nation requirements faced in Desert Storm in terms of realism and training. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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