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Wat (wie) is forlorn hope - definitie


Forlorn hope         
SOLDIERS WITH LEADING ROLE IN MILITARY OPERATIONS, WITH HIGH RISK OF CASUALTIES
Forlorn Hope; Forlon hope; Folorn Hope; Verlorener Haufen; Forlorn hopes; Les Enfants Perdus; Enfants Perdus
A forlorn hope is a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the vanguard in a military operation, such as a suicidal assault through the kill zone of a defended position, or the first men to climb a scaling ladder against a defended fortification, where the risk of casualties is high.
forlorn hope         
SOLDIERS WITH LEADING ROLE IN MILITARY OPERATIONS, WITH HIGH RISK OF CASUALTIES
Forlorn Hope; Forlon hope; Folorn Hope; Verlorener Haufen; Forlorn hopes; Les Enfants Perdus; Enfants Perdus
1.
Vanguard, skirmishers, advanced body of troops, enfants perdus.
2.
Desperate case, doubtful enterprise, hazardous adventure.
forlorn hope         
SOLDIERS WITH LEADING ROLE IN MILITARY OPERATIONS, WITH HIGH RISK OF CASUALTIES
Forlorn Hope; Forlon hope; Folorn Hope; Verlorener Haufen; Forlorn hopes; Les Enfants Perdus; Enfants Perdus
a persistent or desperate hope that is unlikely to be fulfilled. [C16: from Du. verloren hoop 'lost troop', orig. denoting a band of soldiers picked to begin an attack, many of whom would not survive.]
Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor forlorn hope
1. Achieving that is now a forlorn hope, Mr Parker said.
2. Douglas, the most powerful man in the Senate and the best–known Democrat in the country, Lincoln‘s candidacy looked like just another forlorn hope.
3. Left and right may no longer tear the country apart, but ambition, idealism and national unity look like a forlorn hope.
4. West Ham want to discuss the possibility of keeping Tevez at Upton Park but that is an increasingly forlorn hope given United’s interest.
5. Dr Heinz Bude, a political analyst in Berlin, believes the swing to Merkel is born of a desperate, but forlorn, hope for a miracle. ‘People are dreaming of everything being good again.