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
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
In 1855 he was made a field-marshal and G.C.B.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
In 1840 he was made a G.C.B., and in 1842 declined a high military appointment in India offered him by Sir Robert Peel.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
A step in the Peerage and the G.C.B. appear to the Queen an appropriate reward.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Arthur Christopher Benson
Starring Kristen Chenoweth and Leslie Bibb, "GCB" satirizes female stereotypes and the hypocrisy of devout, grown-up mean girls in a wealthy Dallas church-going community.
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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