G.C.B.
abbreviation
Grand Cross of the Bath.
G.C.B.
Americanabbreviation
GCB
British
abbreviation
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But the life of the party has not been punctilious Chairman Josiah Charles, Earon Stamp of Shortlands, G.C.B.,
From Time Magazine Archive
Sir Thomas Foley rose to be full admiral and G.C.B.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
In 1814 he was created Baron Exmouth of Canonteign, and in the following year was made K.C.B., and a little later G.C.B.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
G.C.B., when the enemy's position, at the pass of Chirecah Ghattie, was turned; and afterwards, when the enemy was defeated in a general attack on the heights of Muckwanpore.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by John Shipp
For his conduct in this, which has been called the “most successful and the best carried out of England’s little wars,” he received the thanks of parliament and was gazetted G.C.B.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
"GCB" is based on a novel by Kim Gatlin, who serves as the lone female writer on the show.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2012
Gingrich is criticizing the comedy-drama "GCB," which has also been called "Good Christian Belles."
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2012
GCB opens in California, where a married Ponzi-schemer and his mistress are motoring toward the Mexican border.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2012
After two episodes of GCB, however, it’s hard to take the show seriously as an attack on Christianity.
From Time ● Mar. 2, 2012
The gametes produced by the two parents are GCB, and gcB, and the constitution of the F1 animals must be GgCcBB.
From Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett
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