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anabasis Cabin boys and drummers are busy with their commentaries de bello Gallico; the John Gilpins of “the nineteenth century” are the historians of their own anabases, and, thanks to the “march of intellect”, we are already rich in the autobiography of pickpockets.

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n. A expedition or march, especially of a military nature, from the coast to the interior. The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan Rose

Word	anabasis
Definition	n. A expedition or march, especially of a military nature, from the coast to the interior.
Sentence	Cabin boys and drummers are busy with their commentaries de bello Gallico; the John Gilpins of “the nineteenth century” are the historians of their own anabases, and, thanks to the “march of intellect”, we are already rich in the autobiography of pickpockets.
Source	The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan Rose

Anabasis N Expedition March Military Nature Coast Interior