Definitions for marseillaise
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Marseillaisenoun

   the French national anthem

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1. marseillaise

   "La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. The song was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by France against Austria, and was originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin" ("War Song for the Army of the Rhine"). The French National Convention adopted it as the Republic's anthem in 1795. The song acquired its nickname after being sung in Paris by volunteers from Marseille marching to the capital. The song is the first example of the "European march" anthemic style. The anthem's evocative melody and lyrics have led to its widespread use as a song of revolution and its incorporation into many pieces of classical and popular music.

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1. marseillaise

   "Marseillaise" is the name of the national anthem of France, first written and composed in 1792 during the French Revolution. The song, originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin" ("War Song for the Rhine Army"), was renamed "La Marseillaise" after it was adopted as the marching song of the National Guard of Marseille. The term 'Marseillaise' can sometimes also be used to refer to something from or related to the city of Marseille in France.

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1. Marseillaise

   of or pertaining to Marseilles, in France, or to its inhabitants

2. Marseillaise

   a native or inhabitant of Marseilles

3. Etymology: [F.]

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1. Marseillaise

   mär-se-lyāz′, or mär-se-lāz′, n. the French revolutionary hymn composed by Rouget de Lisle in 1792, sung by the volunteers of Marseilles as they entered Paris, 30th July, and when they marched to the storming of the Tuileries.

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1. marseillaise

   The name by which the grand song of the first French revolution is known. The circumstances which led to its composition are as follows. In the beginning of 1792, when a column of volunteers was about to leave Strasburg, the mayor of the city, who gave a banquet on the occasion, asked an officer of artillery, named Rouget de Lisle, to compose a song in their honor. His request was complied with, and the result was the Marseillaise,—both verse and music being the work of one night. De Lisle entitled the piece “Chant de Guerre de l’Armée du Rhin.” Next day it was sung with that rapturous enthusiasm that only Frenchmen can exhibit, and instead of 600 volunteers, 1000 marched out of Strasburg. Soon from the whole army of the North resounded the thrilling and fiery words, Aux armes! Aux armes! Nevertheless, the song was still unknown in Paris, and was first introduced there by Barbaroux, when he summoned the youth of Marseilles to the capital in July, 1792. It was received with transports by the Parisians, who—ignorant of its real authorship—named it “Hymne des Marseillais,” which name it has borne ever since.

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1. Marseillaise

   This was the composition of Rouget de Lisle, an artillery officer stationed with the French garrison at Strasburg. First sung at a banquet given by the mayor of that city, it became immensely popular; and when in 1792 the Marseilles volunteers were summoned to Paris, they sang it as they approached and entered the capital. The words and music at once struck the popular ear, so that “La Marseillaise” became the national war song.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of marseillaise in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of marseillaise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of marseillaise in a Sentence

1. Hugo Lloris:

   La Marseillaise sung by the English will make the moment even greater, we are very moved by all the messages of support in England and indeed across the world. Tomorrow, representing France as a nation will be more important than merely representing French football.

2. Mark Twain:

   In Marseilles they make half the toilet soap we consume in America, but the Marseillaise only have a vague theoretical idea of its use, which they have obtained from books of travel.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=marseillaise
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marseillaise
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marseillaise
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=marseillaise
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
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