English Explanatory Dictionary

levy en masse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A requisition of all able-bodied men for military service.

Word forms

levy en masse levies en masse levée en masse levy in mass

Etymology

Partial calque of French levée en masse (literally “mass levy”).

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