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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"
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
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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