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Definition of Disbanded
1. disband [v] - See also: disband
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disbanded
Literary usage of Disbanded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of United States History: 1492-1895. Four Centuries of History by John Franklin Jameson (1897)
"Third Corps organized August 12, 1862, and commanded by Heintzelman; disbanded
in 1864. Fourth Corps organized August i, 1863, and commanded by Keyes; ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"179), and until the 15th June, 1781, when the regiment was disbanded. It further
appears that on the 13th February, 1781, while the Baron Steuben was acting ..."
3. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"... TO BE disbanded THEN uprose from the hill in the rugged Canta- brian valley
a sound such as had not been heard in those parts before, nor was again, ..."
4. Memoirs of the Duke of Sully: Prime Minister to Henry the Great by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Walter Scott (1890)
"Part of the army disbanded—Ordinance) respecting grain, the wearing of swords,
and further regulations in the finances, the police, public works, &c. ..."
5. History of British Columbia from Its Earliest Discovery to the Present Time by Alexander Begg (1894)
"ROYAL ENGINEERS disbanded.—The summer of 1863 was principally occupied in finishing
... The Royal Engineers were disbanded in October of the same year, ..."
6. Elements of History, Ancient and Modern by Joseph Emerson Worcester (1871)
"SECTION V. The Army disbanded : The Constitution formed : Washing« ton's
Administration : Adams's Administration. — From AD 1783 to 1801. 1. ..."
7. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1869)
"The army was disbanded; the London King rode back to London, for which haven the
fleet also fleet was ..."
8. The I. W. W.: A Study of American Syndicalism by Paul Frederick Brissenden (1919)
"During the twelve months preceding the sixth convention (Septemeber, 1911) seventy
locals were organized and forty-eight disbanded. ..."
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