Word | esprit de corps |
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Definition | n. A feeling of pride and common loyalty shared by the members of a group. |
Sentence | I don't like that one word, but in general we [upper-class people] haven't mean souls, we can be trusted, we are staunch, our word is a pledge to death. Esprit de corps, and so on. But I suppose you would deny that? |
Source | "Judith", Stories to Remember v.2, p.96 |
Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary
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