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• remarque
  remarque

  noun

  a distinguishing mark or peculiarity indicating a particular stage of a plate.
• Remarque
  Remarque

  noun

  Erich Maria 1898–1970, German novelist in the U.S.

remarque

¹ American  

[ri-mahrk] / rɪˈmɑrk /

Or remark

noun

Fine Arts.

1. a distinguishing mark or peculiarity indicating a particular stage of a plate.

2. a small sketch engraved in the margin of a plate, and usually removed after a number of early proofs have been printed.

3. a plate so marked.

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Remarque ² American  

[ri-mahrk, ruh-mahrk] / rɪˈmɑrk, rəˈmɑrk /

noun

1. Erich Maria 1898–1970, German novelist in the U.S.

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remarque ¹ British  

/ rɪˈmɑːk /

noun

1. a mark in the margin of an engraved plate to indicate the stage of production of the plate. It is removed before the plate is finished

2. a plate so marked

3. a print or proof from a plate so marked

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Remarque ² British  

/ rɪˈmɑːk /

noun

1. Erich Maria (ˈeːrɪç maˈriːa). 1898–1970, US novelist, born in Germany, noted for his novel of World War I, All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)

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Etymology

Origin of remarque

From French, dating back to 1880–85; see origin at remark

Example Sentences

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Rarely does this man fall below his own high level or fail to set his private remarque upon his labor.

From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Richard Burton

"Il vous a remarque," she went on to her nephew.

From Resurrection by Louise Shanks Maude

And as you stand awed before this picture your eye is caught by the artist's remarque sketch at the bottom.

From Quiet Talks on John's Gospel by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

He marked off a square upon it, and, in order to "get his hand in," he made what would nowadays be called a remarque on the margin—a comic sketch of a dustman and his dog.

From The History of "Punch" by M. H. (Marion Harry) Spielmann

A la remarque de la France is a tune we know better nowadays than 'Rule Britannia.'

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Edmund Downey

In 1937, Fitzgerald was brought in to take over the script for “Three Comrades,” an adaptation of the popular novel by Erich Maria Remarque.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2023

The film is based on the classic 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

It is the first German-language adaptation of a 1928 novel by Erich Maria Remarque, which was also made into a best picture-winning film in 1930.

From Reuters ● Mar. 13, 2023

The author Erich Maria Remarque channelled all the despair and disillusionment of his own experience as a German soldier in the trenches of the first world war.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2023

That, indeed, there should be no margin on the proof to receive such "Remarque."

From The Gentle Art of Making Enemies by James McNeill Whistler