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Definition of Marseillaise
1. Noun. The French national anthem.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marseillaise
Literary usage of Marseillaise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1915)
"When Marthe Chenal Sang the "marseillaise" By Wythe Williams [From THE Nr.w YORK
TIMES, Feb. 14. 1915.] IWENT to the Opéra Comique thé other day to hear ..."
2. Passed by the Censor: The Experience of an American Newspaper Man in France by Wythe Williams (1916)
"I believed also that I had already heard the "marseillaise" sung under the best
possible circumstances to ... They sang the "marseillaise" for two hours, ..."
3. An Englishman in Paris: (notes and Recollections). by Albert Dresden Vandam (1892)
"... engagement—The "marseillaise"— An infant performer—The "marseillaise" at the
... marseillaise" by command of the Emperor—A patriotic ballet—The courtesy ..."
4. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"CHAPTER III "THE marseillaise" A Great National Hymn Written and Composed Overnight—
... The "marseillaise" is still the official patriotic hymn in France. ..."
5. The Spiritual Magazine (1875)
"518, we have the story as follows:— ORIGIN OP THE "marseillaise." The "marseillaise"
preserves notes of the song of glory and the shriek of death : glorious ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... one of which, the Chateau d'lf, has world-wide celebrity in connection with
the elder Dumas' THE marseillaise. 1 Come, children of the fatherland, ..."
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