Meaning of Forlorn | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A forlorn hope.
2. A member of a forlorn hope.

Equivalents

Examples

“The Regiment being drawn up into the former Figure⟳, they may proceed to Firings upon it, firſt let⟳ the Forlorns fire five or six times over, being commanded by the eldeſt Captains Lieutenant, who is to be aſſiſted by a couple of able Serjeants; after let⟳ him wheel off to the right and left, and bring⟳ them down in the Reer of the Pikes. Then let⟳ the ſecond Captains Lieutenant being aſſiſted by two Serjeants lead⟳ up the reſerves by the out-ſide of the Pikes, at ſuch time when the Forlorns begin⟳ to come⟳ off, […]”

“[…] I ordered the forlorns to advance and to march⟳, at their open⟳ order⟳, towards the upland, and by this time the tide was upon the ground wee ſtood on: The forlorn were no ſooner advanced a few rods, before there was firing on both ſides; […]”

“I was this day in the van, and our forlorn having entered Huntingdon without any great reſiſtance till they came to the bridge, finding it barricaded, they ſent me word; I cauſed the troops to halt, and rode up to the forlorn, to view⟳ the countenance of the enemy, and found by the poſture they had put⟳ themſelves in, that they reſolved to ſell us the paſſage as dear as they could.”

“The garrison, taken by surprise⟳, had the first intelligence of the assault in the "forlorns plunging into the canal."”

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