Definition of Retreaters

1. retreater [n] - See also: retreater

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retreaters

retraveled
retraveling
retravelled
retravelling
retravels
retread
retreaded
retreading
retreads
retreat
retreat from reality
retreatant
retreatants
retreated
retreater
retreaters (current term)
retreatful
retreating
retreatlike
retreatment
retreatments
retreats
retree
retrees
retrench
retrenched
retrenches
retrenching
retrenchment
retrenchments

Literary usage of Retreaters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Tragedy of Russia in Pacific Asia by Frederick McCormick (1909)
"The retreaters marched; some without rifles, some with their bayonets folded against ... Too active retreaters had to be recalled from beyond Kung-chu-ling, ..."

2. The History of Thucydides by Thucydides (1829)
"... before he should be molested 4, he at the same time directed that the signal for retreat should be raised, and gave orders to the retreaters to draw off ..."

3. Instructions for Cooperative Observers by Weather Bureau, United States Weather Bureau, Instrument Division, United States (1915)
"retreaters.—Experience has shown that in spite of every care in. the ... Such thermometers are sometimes said "to retreat," and are called "retreaters. ..."

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