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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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
Many jeered the prime minister, sang La Marseillaise and held up signs of protest in parliament.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2023
The mood became intimidating when some sections of the crowd jeered the French national anthem, La Marseillaise.
From Fox News • Jun. 19, 2021
Woe to us if it be indeed what suits this epoch,—if a mere copy of the Marseillaise Hymn be all that is required.
From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix
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