Internationale
[an-ter-na-syaw-nal]
- a revolutionary workers' anthem, first sung in France in 1871.
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Origin of Internationale
< French, short for chanson internationale international song
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Contemporary Examples
The rousing strains of the Internationale (in the original French) marked the beginning and the end of the ceremony.
Historical Examples
Many of his chansons besides the Internationale have survived him.
Paris and the Social RevolutionAlvan Francis Sanborn
As the bricklayer bricked it up, he sang the Internationale.
The Man With the Black FeatherGaston Leroux
To return to our bricklayer, he sang the Internationale all the time.
The Man With the Black FeatherGaston Leroux
If any man now disobeys he shall be made to feel the vengeance of the Internationale!
A Tatter of ScarletS. R. Crockett
One of their number started the "Internationale," the Socialist war-song.
Socialism and Democracy in EuropeSamuel P. Orth
Internationale
- the Internationale a revolutionary socialist hymn, first sung in 1871 in France
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Word Origin
C19: shortened from French chanson internationale international song
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“Internationale”
[(ann-tuhr-nahs-yuh-nahl, in-tuhr-nash-uh-nahl)]
An international anthem of communists and socialists (see socialism).
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