Synonyms for left wing


Grammar : Noun

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Définition of left wing

Origin :
  • also (as an adjective) left-wing, 1871 in the political sense (1530s in a military formation sense), from left (adj.) + wing (n.). Related: Left-winger.
  • noun person or group favoring change
Example sentences :
  • Why was the left wing, where alone they were threatened by the enemy, stripped in that manner?
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • It was understood that the left wing of the 1st corps was to take care of the Calvary of Illy.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • Cecily pointed to the row of windows in the left wing of the house.
  • Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
  • No doubt, on the left wing, by Shah Dara, the battle had commenced.
  • Extract from : « The Coming Conquest of England » by August Niemann
  • Do you mean the door at the bottom of the staircase in the left wing?
  • Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees
  • Then he returned to the house and mounted the staircase to the left wing.
  • Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees
  • Such changes of fortune were there in the left wing of the Romans.
  • Extract from : « Stories From Livy » by Alfred Church
  • These had already formed a junction with the left wing of the British force.
  • Extract from : « The World Peril of 1910 » by George Griffith
  • This was the hard luck of many of the regiments in the left wing of Buell's army in 1862.
  • Extract from : « The Red Acorn » by John McElroy
  • It smells like the left wing of the day of judgment; it is an argument for the pit.
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville

Antonyms for left wing

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