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Esprit De Corps I N Feeling Pride Common

Word esprit de corps
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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