Black Watch
Americannoun
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a regiment of Scottish infantry in the British army (so called from the dark colors in their tartan).
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the plaid pattern of their tartan.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Black Watch
so called for their dark tartan
Example Sentences
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In 2006 the National Theatre of Scotland staged his play Black Watch as part of its first season.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024
Before his arrest, the father-of-two had been decorated for his military service in Iraq and was made sergeant of the Black Watch sniper platoon.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2022
Everton's new season Away kit sees them go full Black Watch with a kit inspired by those wore two decades before they adopted their now famous royal blue in 1901.
From The Guardian • May 21, 2021
A group of Royal British Legion members from Dover say they have managed to trace family of all the Black Watch soldiers who fell that day 100 years ago.
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2018
You see the silver cross of the Rifle Brigade, the star and bugle of the Scottish Rifles, the Black Watch in their bonnets, the North Hants and the Worcesters, heroes of Ypres.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by Parrott, James Edward
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