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Definition of Military greeting
1. Noun. A formal military gesture of respect.
Generic synonyms: Greeting, Salutation
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Derivative terms: Salute, Salute
Lexicographical Neighbors of Military Greeting
Literary usage of Military greeting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1860)
"... this military greeting returned by apostolic blessing, our author is on the
bridge of St Angelo, and meets " a cortège of chariots, ..."
2. The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by Walter Scott (1829)
"Here, too, the victorious allies of both countries exchanged military greeting,—the
Prussians halting their regimental bands to play " God save the King," ..."
3. A Short History of Germany by Ernest Flagg Henderson (1902)
"He feebly answered my military greeting by lifting his fatigue cap." The fallen
emperor at the moment was waiting to be ..."
4. Reminiscences of Worcester from the Earliest Period, Historical and by Caleb Arnold Wall (1877)
"... escorted (he " Father of bis country" to J tostón, where a grand civil and
military greeting awaited him. He was met at the entrance by the selectmen ..."
5. Personal Reminiscences of General Skobeleff by Vasiliĭ Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko, Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts (1884)
"You have run—and * The usual Russian military greeting, especially by a general
inspecting his men on parade. The regulation answer follows. ..."
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