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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 Glubb is more often in the field than in Jerusalem.

From Time Magazine Archive

Originally trained by Britain's Sir John Bagot Glubb, the army's three armored and nine infantry brigades are equipped with 300 Patton and Centurion tanks, 270 armored and scout cars and 350 armored personnel carriers.

From Time Magazine Archive

How much better to have let the poor little fellow play in the sands upon the beach with his sister Florence and old Glubb.

From Doctor Jones' Picnic by S. E. (Samuel E.) Chapman

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