Crossword clues for marseillaise
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Marseillais \Mar`sei`llais"\, n. m. Marseillaise \Mar`sei`llaise"\, n. f.[F.] A native or inhabitant of Marseilles.
Marseillais \Mar`sei`llais"\, a. m. Marseillaise \Mar`sei`llaise"\, a. f.[F.] Of or pertaining to Marseilles, in France, or to its inhabitants.
Marseillaise hymn, or The Marseillaise, the national anthem of France, popularly so called. It was composed in 1792, by Rouget de l'Isle, an officer then stationed at Strasburg. In Paris it was sung for the first time by the band of men who came from Marseilles to aid in the revolution of August 10, 1792; whence the name.
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Usage examples of "marseillaise".
A bowl of bouillabaisse made by line Erie Marseillaise, says the Frenchman.
Throughout its entire history the English Socialist movement has never produced a song with a catchy tune -- nothing like La Marseillaise or La Cucuracha, for instance.
In the raw brain of an over excited workman politics find their way only in the shape of rough hewn, highly-colored imagery, such as is furnished by the Marseillaise, the Carmagnole, and the Ça ira.
For the first time the great festival of France was being celebrated on a German vessel, and whilst the musicians continued escorting a racy Marseillaise in double quick time through the different floors, the morning groups were commenting on the event.
Voices humming low and in unison the Marseillaise hymn, joined solemnly with the heavy, regular footfalls.
These Marseillaises make Marseillaise hymns and Marseilles vests and Marseilles soap for all the world, but they never sing their hymns or wear their vests or wash with their soap themselves.
Desnoyers heard shouts, and it seemed to him that some hoarse, discordant voices were singing the Marseillaise.
Several of the crowd took up the familiar chant of the Marseillaise.
Strassburg, the city which gave birth to the Marseillaise, had been a centre of Jacobin activities.
Proceed, philosophers, teach, enlighten, enkindle, think aloud, speak aloud, run joyously towards the broad daylight, fraternise in the public squares, announce the glad tidings, scatter plenteously your alphabets, proclaim human rights, sing your Marseillaises, sow enthusiasm broadcast, tear off green branches from the oak-trees.
Come, philosophers, teach, enlighten, light up, think aloud, speak aloud, hasten joyously to the great sun, fraternize with the public place, announce the good news, spend your alphabets lavishly, proclaim rights, sing the Marseillaises, sow enthusiasms, tear green boughs from the oaks.
In Marseilles they make half the fancy toilet soap we consume in America, but the Marseillaise only have a vague theoretical idea of its use, which they have obtained from books of travel, just as they have acquired an uncertain notion of clean shirts, and the peculiarities of the gorilla, and other curious matters.
The congress was to begin the following morning, so on this night the partying was loud, from Zakros to Falasarna, the timeslip filled with wild shouting and singing, Arab ululations harmonizing with yodels, the strains of "Waltzing Matilda" forming a descant to "The Marseillaise.
The congress was to begin the following morning, so on this night the partying was loud, from Zakros to Falasarna, the timeslip filled with wild shouting and singing, Arab ululations harmonizing with yodels, the strains of “Waltzing Matilda” forming a descant to “The Marseillaise.