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esprit de corps

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Esprit de corps , a French phrase meaning the morale of a group. Esprit de Corps may also refer to: Esprit de Corps (magazine) , a Canadian military magazine Esprit de Corps (EP), a 2005 EP by Wild Beasts "Esprit de Corps" (The Avengers) , an episode of ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Esprit \Es`prit"\, n. [F. See Spirit .] Spirit. Esprit de corps , a French phrase much used by English writers to denote the common spirit pervading the members of a body or association of persons. It implies sympathy, enthusiasm, devotion, and jealous ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed [syn: morale , team spirit ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context idiomatic English) A shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause#noun among the members of a group, for example of a military unit.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But there was enough esprit de corps among our group to overcome this discomfort with a minimum amount of grumbling. ▪ He was the guy who developed an esprit de corps among the committee members. ▪ I saw for myself what you gain ...

Usage examples of esprit de corps.

All Marines, in his opinion, had the kind of esprit de corps and impeccable discipline that the Finns he so admired in combat had possessed.

There were a lot of reasons why the Greek campaign was a fiasco, but one of them was that personnel were moved around so much that there was no possibility of developing any esprit de corps.

And that officers are transferred with great frequency and enlisted men with considerable frequency and you have a situation in which esprit de corps cannot be developed (an outfit without esprit de corps is not an army unit.

Nevertheless, the army's heavy divisions (its six armored and mechanized divisions) retain a strong sense of professionalism and a corresponding esprit de corps.

He'd come back from America upbeat, feeling that he'd seen the way, seen the future, found a way to secure his country and do it in the proper way, with a professional army composed of long-service experts, held together by esprit de corps, proud guardians and servants of a free nation, the way the Red Army had been on its march to Berlin.

Based both upon his experience as a company commander in France, and on what he had observed in the Russo-Finnish War, Colonel Neville knew that the keys to military success were esprit de corps and impeccable discipline.

Well, they weren't exactlv intellectuals, so perhaps-partly out of naivete, partly out of snobbery and esprit de corps-they invented a personal ceremony to distinguish themselves from the other Crusaders.