ARGONNE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Argonne mean? 

• ARGONNE (noun)
  The noun ARGONNE has 1 sense:

1. an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11

  Familiarity information: ARGONNE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARGONNE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Argonne; Argonne Forest; Meuse; Meuse-Argonne; Meuse-Argonne operation; Meuse River

Instance hypernyms:

military operation; operation (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign))

Meronyms (parts of "Argonne"):

battle of St Mihiel; Saint-Mihiel; St Mihiel (a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France)

Domain region:

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Holonyms ("Argonne" is a part of...):

First World War; Great War; War to End War; World War 1; World War I (a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918)

 Context examples 

He was a captain before he went to the front and following the Argonne battles he got his majority and the command of the divisional machine guns.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

In the Argonne Forest I took two machine-gun detachments so far forward that there was a half mile gap on either side of us where the infantry couldn't advance.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)