Lexicographical Neighbors of Retreaters
Literary usage of Retreaters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tragedy of Russia in Pacific Asia by Frederick McCormick (1909)
"The retreaters marched; some without rifles, some with their bayonets folded against
... Too active retreaters had to be recalled from beyond Kung-chu-ling, ..."
2. The History of Thucydides by Thucydides (1829)
"... before he should be molested 4, he at the same time directed that the signal
for retreat should be raised, and gave orders to the retreaters to draw off ..."
3. Instructions for Cooperative Observers by Weather Bureau, United States Weather Bureau, Instrument Division, United States (1915)
"Retreaters.—Experience has shown that in spite of every care in. the ...
Such thermometers are sometimes said "to retreat," and are called "retreaters. ..."
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