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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

They found allies against Glubb in Premier Rifai and in Queen Mother Zaine, who has been collecting a $280,000 annual subsidy from Saudi Arabia's King Saud to work against the British position.

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 Dickens, Charles

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