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

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Etymology

Origin of fugleman

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

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Example Sentences

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fugleman fuglemen

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

Led by a fugleman in the first brake, they started—singing it in fine harmonies—      "He's the Lily—of the Valley,       O—my—soul!"

From Nicky-Nan, Reservist by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

When I looked round, I saw that treacherous villain, Hunsden acting as fugleman.

From The Professor by Charlotte Brontë

But, it's a different thing when a justice of the peace undertakes to stand fugleman for the clergy.

From Wyandotte by James Fenimore Cooper

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 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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 Goldwin Smith

These three fuglemen strokes did much to elevate the standard of sliding among amateurs; it was chiefly through their examples, crowned with success, that the earlier samples of sliding oarsmanship became better realised.

From Boating by W. B. Woodgate

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 Stanley John Weyman

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 Frank Harris

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 William Gannaway Brownlow

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