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Meaning of Slain | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
sleɪn

Definitions

Those who have been killed.

plural, plural-only, with-definite-article

Equivalents

العربية مقتول

Examples

“[…]Morat ! the proud, the patriot field ! where man / May gaze on ghastly trophies of the slain, / Nor blush for those who conquered on that plain ; / Here Burgundy bequeath'd his tombless host, / A bony heap, through ages to remain, / Themselves their monument ;— the Stygian coast / Unsepulchred they roam'd, and shriek'd each wandering ghost.”
“While the Valkyries were the choosers of the valorous slain, they were also obedient to the call of any in distress who asked their help.”

CEFR level

C2
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