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Glubb

American  
[gluhb] / glʌb /

noun

  1. Sir John Bagot Glubb Pasha, 1897–1986, British army officer: commander of the Arab Legion in Jordan 1939–56.


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“This is … the first time you have been before the court on any offending of this nature,” Judge Kevin Glubb concluded.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2023

The Arabs, under Brigadier Glubb, formerly of the British Army but now ranking as an officer of the Arab Legion, immediately began to shell the ancient Jewish quarter, which was isolated in the Old City.

From The New Yorker ● May 6, 1955

But neither reason nor Glubb Pasha could stem the bitterness in the refugee camps.

From Time Magazine Archive

The national thrill that Jordan got three months ago by expelling Britain's longtime commander of Jordan's crack Arab Legion, Glubb Pasha, had spent itself.

From Time Magazine Archive

And though old Glubb don't know why the sea should make me think of my Mama that's dead, or what it is that it is always saying—always saying! he knows a great deal about it.

From Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens

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