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Definition of Left wing
1. Noun. Those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare.
Definition of Left wing
1. Noun. (politics) the more left-wing faction of a group or party ¹
2. Noun. (sports) the left-hand side of a sports field ¹
3. Noun. (ice hockey) the offensive player who plays to the center's left ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Left Wing
Literary usage of Left wing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"MAJOR : I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the
artillery in the left wing, from December twenty-six, 1862, to January two, ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"Colonel Duke then ordered a halt until the infantry had commenced their attack
on the Federal left wing, which caused a retreat of the whole line. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Edward Aloysius Pace, Charles George Herbermann (1922)
"... the center Ypres region an attack in which mussed artillery the left wing
entering at Nancy. The right wing British, suffering from lack of artillery ..."
4. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"Dangerous discontent of the Portuguese army—Allayed by Wellington—Noble conduct
of the soldiers—The left wing of the allies under General Graham marches ..."
5. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"ti. cut them off, and succeeded in getting beyond them. VIII. *' But their left
wing by this time had passed the promontory of ..."
6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1866)
"The left wing crossed the Oconee near Milledgeville without opposition on the
... Sherman transferred his quarters from the-left wing to the 17th corps, ..."
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