fugleman

American  

[fyoo-guhl-muhn] / ˈfju gəl mən /

noun

• fuglemen
  plural

1. (formerly) a soldier placed in front of a military company as a good model during training drills.

2. a person who heads a group, company, political party, etc.; a leader or manager.

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fugleman British  

/ ˈfjuːɡəlmən /

noun

1. (formerly) a soldier used as an example for those learning drill

2. any person who acts as a leader or example

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• fuglemen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of fugleman

First recorded in 1795–1805, fugleman is from the German word Flügelmann literally, flank man

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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Glib Mr. West, vociferous Term III fugleman was tucked neatly away in a $7,500-a-year post on the Processing Tax Board of Review.

From Time Magazine Archive

They must have found glasses, though I could not remember to have seen any in the vault, for a minute later fugleman Ratsey spoke again— 'Now, lads, glasses full and bumpers for a toast.

From Moonfleet by Falkner, John Meade

We then greeted it with three cheers, I myself acting as fugleman, and the tidings sped down the column on the wings of the wind.

From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Cox, Jacob Dolson

Mob insolence ever wants a lead, and—perhaps because with the return of fine weather the fishing-crews had put to sea early—this Port Nassau crowd lacked a fugleman.

From Lady Good-for-Nothing by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

A sort of police officer or fugleman officiated here, as at Fort Royal—a feature which I did not like.

From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael

This great power of the Roman Church in the middle-ages may well be compared to the influence exerted by those whom I have designated as Oscar Wilde's fuglemen in the England of today.

From Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1 by Harris, Frank

Since the foregoing was prepared for the press, Mr. Fillmore's letter of acceptance has come to hand, greatly to the annoyance of the Democratic and anti-American fuglemen and politicians.

From Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors by Brownlow, William Gannaway

When the wedded pairs passed out of the church, there was great cheering, in which Mr. Terry and Mr. Bigglethorpe seemed to be rival fuglemen.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John

O’Connell, with the aid of his priestly fuglemen, formed a great Catholic association to overawe the government.

From Irish History and the Irish Question by Smith, Goldwin

Signals from furious principals roused the fuglemen, and he was howled down, and stood back ashamed of the impulse which had moved him and little less astonished than those about him.

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John