militaire
English
Noun
militaire (plural militaires)
- A military man; a soldier.
- 1999, John Harmon McElroy, editor, The Sacrificial Years: A Chronicle of Walt Whitman's Experiences in the Civil War, page 29:
- There hangs something majestic about a man who has borne his part in battles, especially if he is very quiet regarding it when you desire him to unbosom. I am continually lost at the absence of blowing and blowers among these old-young American militaires.
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Adjective
militaire
- inflection of militair:
- masculine/feminine singular attributive
- definite neuter singular attributive
- plural attributive
French
Etymology
From Middle French militaire, borrowed from Latin mīlitāris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.li.tɛʁ/
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Further reading
- “militaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
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