Definition of Corsican Army

1. Noun. A terrorist organization founded in 1999 to oppose the link between nationalists and the Corsican mafia. "The attacks of Armata Corsa are aimed at symbolic targets of colonialism in Corsica"

Exact synonyms: Armata Corsa
Category relationships: Act Of Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorist Act
Generic synonyms: Foreign Terrorist Organization, Fto, Terrorist Group, Terrorist Organization
Geographical relationships: Corse, Corsica

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corsican Army

Correra's line
Correus
Corrie
Corriedale
Corrigan's pulse
Corrigan's sign
Corrine
Corrodentia
Corrèze
Corsac fox
Corsac foxes
Corse
Corsica
Corsican
Corsican Army (current term)
Corsicans
Cortaderia
Cortaderia richardii
Cortaderia selloana
Cortef
Cortes
Cortez
Corti's arch
Corti's auditory teeth
Corti's canal
Corti's cells
Corti's ganglion
Corti's membrane
Corti's organ

Literary usage of Corsican Army

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dumouriez and the Defence of England Against Napoleon by John Holland Rose, Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1909)
"The partisans of the Genoese compact and the Corsican army, however, proved too strong for Dumouriez ..."

2. The Growth of Napoleon: A Study in Environment by Norwood Young (1910)
"The rest of the Corsican army dispersed, crying out that they had been betrayed, and refused to fight more. Thus, owing to a mistaken order, given it is not ..."

3. The History of Corsica by L. H. Caird (1899)
"The Corsican army advanced, and encountered that of Genoa near Vescovato. For some time the fight went on without much advantage to either side, ..."

4. Memoirs of the Duc de Lauzun (Armand Louis de Gontaut, Duc de Biron) 1747-1783 by Armand-Louis de Gontaut Biron (1912)
"... but I was soon halted by a considerable volley of gunshots, which appeared to me must come from one of the principal bodies of the Corsican army. ..."

5. Genoa: How the Republic Rose and Fell by James Theodore Bent (1881)
"... lend him a helping hand, and got him an appointment in the Corsican army, of which he was at ..."

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