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fourragères

fourragères is the plural of fourragère.

Meaning of fourragère

Noun

fourragère (plural fourragères)

  1. A braided cord awarded to a military unit for distinguished service and worn on the left shoulder.
    • 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.1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up, A. & C. Boni, page 160

Questions about fourragères

What is fourragères the plural of?
Fourragères is the plural of fourragère.

Words near fourragères in the dictionary

  1. Fourrage
  2. fourragere
  3. fourrageres
  4. Fourrages
  5. fourragère
  6. fourragères
  7. fourrier
  8. fourriers
  9. fours
  10. fourscore
  11. fourscore and seven years ago

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