Complete Definition of "en masse"

English

Etymology
F.

Adverb
en-adv|pos=en masse|-

  1. in a single body or group; together

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#:*"The net effect of the narrowing passage and the muddy interlude was that the heavy infantry elements arrived to meet the English in disorder (and not en masse) - which allows mobbing tactics which ordinarily wouldn't have been available, given their relative numbers." — 1


French

Adverb
en masse

  1. en masse
  2. informal|lang=fr in large amounts

German

Etymology
From F.|de term|en masse|lang=fr

Adverb
infl|de|adverb

  1. in large amounts

fr:en masse
io:en masse

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