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Definition of fugleman in English: fuglemannounPlural fuglemen ˈfjuːɡ(ə)lmənˈfjuɡəlˌmæn historical 1A soldier who stands in front of a regiment or company to demonstrate and maintain time in drilling exercises. 〈史〉操练时的示范兵 Example sentencesExamples - The words of a haka are either sung by all the performers, or, in some cases, the fugleman leads off for a line or two and the others join in as a kind of chorus, as we have shown.
- The boat-songs were to give time to the paddlers in canoes, and were sung by directors or fuglemen of whom there were two in each large war-canoe, one near the bow and the other near the stern.
- In mid-channel the music of the fugleman's flute ceased, and the rowers rested on their oars.
- The manufactured praise accompanying Grohl, supplied by a corps of pro fuglemen who lead and escort the illustrious on his vanity venture, is grand.
- 1.1 A leader, organizer, or spokesman.
〈喻〉领导者；组织者；发言人 fuglemen of the ideological right 右倾思想的首领。 Example sentencesExamples - This is a question which, of course, nobody could answer, and which, in fact, the fuglemen of ‘affirmative action’ were, and still are, very unwilling to have asked in public.
- A good deal of nonsense about the obsolescence of art is written by the less responsible fuglemen of science - communist science, bien entendu.
OriginEarly 19th century: from German Flügelmann 'leader of the file', from Flügel 'wing' + Mann 'man'. Definition of fugleman in US English: fuglemannounˈfyo͞oɡəlˌmanˈfjuɡəlˌmæn historical 1A soldier placed in front of a regiment or company while drilling to demonstrate the motions and time. 〈史〉操练时的示范兵 Example sentencesExamples - In mid-channel the music of the fugleman's flute ceased, and the rowers rested on their oars.
- The words of a haka are either sung by all the performers, or, in some cases, the fugleman leads off for a line or two and the others join in as a kind of chorus, as we have shown.
- The boat-songs were to give time to the paddlers in canoes, and were sung by directors or fuglemen of whom there were two in each large war-canoe, one near the bow and the other near the stern.
- The manufactured praise accompanying Grohl, supplied by a corps of pro fuglemen who lead and escort the illustrious on his vanity venture, is grand.
- 1.1 A leader, organizer, or spokesman.
〈喻〉领导者；组织者；发言人 fuglemen of the ideological right 右倾思想的首领。 Example sentencesExamples - This is a question which, of course, nobody could answer, and which, in fact, the fuglemen of ‘affirmative action’ were, and still are, very unwilling to have asked in public.
- A good deal of nonsense about the obsolescence of art is written by the less responsible fuglemen of science - communist science, bien entendu.
OriginEarly 19th century: from German Flügelmann ‘leader of the file’, from Flügel ‘wing’ + Mann ‘man’. |