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Definition of Defeatists
1. defeatist [n] - See also: defeatist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defeatists
Literary usage of Defeatists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paris Days and London Nights by Alice Ziska Snyder, Milton Valentine Snyder (1921)
"... Clemenceau—Talk of Possibility of Evacuating Paris—Fears that Socialists and
Defeatists May Try to Establish a Commune in Paris—Tea Shops in Paris Serve ..."
2. Paris Days and London Nights by Alice Ziska Snyder, Milton Valentine Snyder (1921)
"... Clemenceau—Talk of Possibility of Evacuating Paris—Fears that Socialists and
Defeatists May Try to Establish a Commune in Paris—Tea Shops in Paris Serve ..."
3. A Brief History of the Great War by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (1920)
"But gradually voices were raised by true French patriots alike against the
defeatists for their temerity and against the Government for its supineness. ..."
4. The New York Times Current History (1918)
"Matters stood thus when Clemenceau came in and drove out the " defeatists."
One of his acts was to imprison Caillaux; another was to send General Mangin ..."
5. British Labor and the War: Reconstructors for a New World by Paul Underwood Kellogg, Arthur Gleason (1919)
"Led by Arthur Henderson, the defeatists have devised an elaborate scheme of
camouflage to hide the real purpose of the conference. ..."
6. Editorials and Editorial-writing by Robert Wilson Neal (1921)
"French resistance to the Germans had been weakened by the work of two types of
defeatists. On the one flank there had come attacks from men who were ..."
7. Talking Business by John Mantle Clapp, L. N. Andres (1919)
"Defeatists active against Clemenceau. Suddenly — the Americans. IV. Turning of
the Tide (Paragraphs 17-33; ... Paris was jubilant; defeatists were silent ..."
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