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Meaning of fourragère | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/fʊɹəʒɛɹ/

Definitions

A braided cord awarded to a military unit for distinguished service and worn on the left shoulder.

Examples

“When an entire division commanded by a political rather than a military general had been wiped out, he had earned for his battalion a French decoration called a Fourragère which is seldom given to other than French regiments.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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