单词 | état-major |
释义 | état-majorn. Obsolete. The staff of an army, regiment, etc.; = staff n.1 20. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > staff officer > staff of officers ordinary1526 generality1578 generalty1643 staff1781 état-major1805 headquarters1812 horse guards1826 higher command1842 high command1904 family1907 1805 Wynne Diaries 1 Dec. (1940) III. vii. 220 Fremantle had still on board Villeneuve's état major (who he says divert him greatly with their gasconnades). 1830 W. Hazlitt Life Napoleon Buonaparte IV. xlviii. 29 Lorence, general-in-chief of the état-major, ordered several Jews to be brought before him. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxv. 591 The second-floor apartments occupied by the état major of the gambling firm. 1890 W. Whitman in Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Aug. 7/2 If America is only for the rule and fashion and small typicality of other lands (the rule of the état-major) it is not the land I take it for. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1805 |
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