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Jominian

Jominian adjective: of or pertaining to Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779–1869), military general and celebrated writer on the Napoleonic art of war.

Adjective

Jominian (comparative more Jominian, superlative most Jominian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779–1869), military general and celebrated writer on the Napoleonic art of war.
    • The Jominian and Clausewitzian conceptions, with their checkerboard and geometrical analogies, were plausible enough when applied to the medium sized armies operating in the French-German-Italian theatre of the Napoleonic period.1916 January, Arthur L. Conger, “Moltke's Plans of Campaign”, in Military Historian and Economist, volume 1, page 297

Forms of Jominian

comparativemore Jominian
superlativemost Jominian

Origin of Jominian

From Jomini + -an.

Questions about Jominian

What does Jominian mean?
Jominian means of or pertaining to Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779–1869), military general and celebrated writer on the Napoleonic art of war.
What part of speech is Jominian?
Jominian is an adjective.

Words near Jominian in the dictionary

  1. Jomalig
  2. Jomayca
  3. Jomda
  4. jomer
  5. jomers
  6. Jominian
  7. jomo
  8. Jomo Lhari
  9. jomoke
  10. jomokes
  11. Jomolhari

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