“grognard”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

grognard

释义

‖ grognard|grɔnjar|
[Fr., lit. ‘grumbler’. ‘Nom donné aux soldats de la vieille garde sous le premier empire, et, en général, à un vieux soldat, le plus souvent en un sens favorable’ (Littré).]
A soldier of Napoleon's Old Guard. Also transf., a veteran soldier.
1912J. H. Rose Personality of Napoleon iii. 68 He [sc. Napoleon] loved to talk with his Old Guard, asking them how long and where they had served... He it was who nicknamed them les grognards.1945G. B. Shaw Geneva (1946) 19 They did not receive him as the grognards of the Bourbon army received Napoleon on his return from Elba.1959Spectator 21 Aug. 218/3 No wonder some of the grognards of the Soviet old guard mumble that the Czechs have always had it too easy.

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