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Joffre

American

[zhawf-r^uh] / ˈʒɔf rə /

noun

Joseph Jacques Césaire 1852–1931, French general in World War I.

Joffre British

/ ʒɔfrə /

noun

Joseph Jacques Césaire (ʒozɛf ʒak sezɛr). 1852–1931, French marshal. He commanded the French army (1914–16) and was largely responsible for the Allies' victory at the Marne (1914), which halted the German advance on Paris

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“The government is responsible for omission,” said lawyer Joffre Campaña, founder of Goberna & Derecho, a group that researches legal issues related to governance.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2021

Joffre dismissed the generals’ reports, even though his own headquarters intelligence was reporting the same thing.

From Forbes • Aug. 20, 2014

If it was blatantly obvious to a large number of French commanders in the field that the Germans were going to smash through neutral Belgium, how could Joffre have been blind to it?

From Forbes • Aug. 20, 2014

They wanted to interview the other venerable player, the grizzled yet roly-poly one, the man with the shrewd smiling eyes, the Marshal of France, Joseph Joffre, 76, famed hero of the Battle of the Marne.

From Time Magazine Archive

Joffre was in Boston on Saturday, the 12th of May.

From The Clammer and the Submarine by Hopkins, William John

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