Marseillaise
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Marseillaise
C18: from French ( chanson ) Marseillaise song of Marseille (it was first sung in Paris by the battalion of Marseille)
Example Sentences
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There was a performance of the sixth verse of La Marseillaise, the French national anthem, as it was deemed to be more universal and less patriotic.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
The 29-year-old, who had won gold in the mixed relay on Sunday, cried as the Marseillaise rang out at the medals ceremony, her gold elevating her to being France's greatest ever woman biathlete.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
The moment wasn’t quite on par with the legendary scene from the film “Casablanca,” when Victor Laszlo leads the crowd at Rick’s Café Americain in singing La Marseillaise in defiance of Nazi officers.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
The mood became intimidating when some sections of the crowd jeered the French national anthem, La Marseillaise.
From Fox News ● Jun. 19, 2021
He beheld barricades in the streets of St. Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa; he saw the red flag waving; he heard the Marseillaise.
From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Abraham Cahan
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