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Foch

[fosh; French fawsh]
noun
  1. Fer·di·nand [fer-dee-nahn] /fɛr diˈnɑ̃/, 1851–1929, French marshal.
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Historical Examples

  • On the afternoon of the 29th I went to Cassel and had a long conference with Foch.

    1914

    John French, Viscount of Ypres

  • I was anxious to know what support Foch could give me in the north.

    1914

    John French, Viscount of Ypres

  • Then at dawn on the third day, Foch struck like a thunderbolt!

  • This tribunal can only have notice by denunciations, which has occurred only with Foch.

  • Joffre had made the weak point and Foch had delivered the blow.

    The Wonder of War on Land

    Francis Rolt-Wheeler

British Dictionary definitions for foch

Foch

noun
  1. Ferdinand (fɛrdinɑ̃). 1851–1929, marshal of France; commander in chief of Allied armies on the Western front in World War I (1918)
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