esprit de corps

Definitions

A shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit.

idiomatic, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

““Well done, sister! I honour your esprit du corps^([sic]). When I am a wife, I mean⟳ to be just as staunch myself; and I wish⟳ my friends in general would be so too. It would save⟳ me many a heartache.””

“Always happening like⟳ that. The very moment. Girl in Eustace street hallway Monday was it settling her garter. Her friend covering the display of. Esprit de corps. Well, what are you gaping at?”

“Also, much depended on an exceptional esprit de corps which permeated the whole staff, and achieved miracles of promptitude in such details as engine-changing and the marshalling of trains.”

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