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Definition of Fatigues
1. Noun. Military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor.
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Definition of Fatigues
1. Noun. (plural only) military clothing worn when doing menial labour ¹
2. Noun. (plural of fatigue) ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of fatigue) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fatigues
1. fatigue [v] - See also: fatigue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fatigues
Literary usage of Fatigues
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"Bustards and ostriches, antelopes and wild asses,48 appeared to be '• the only
inhabitants of the desert, and the fatigues of the march " were alleviated by ..."
2. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1873)
"fatigues of ' " We have a Powder piece at Liverpool. Have I not the ball. ' "
pleasure," he says, looking at me curious, " of addressing '"Mrs. Gamp? ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"... in the way fatigues and manifold dangers of the expedition ; of work upon
fortifications, or in government thus far have entailed so small a loss in his ..."