croix de guerre

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   a French military decoration for gallantry

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Questions about croix de guerre

What does croix de guerre mean?

croix de guerre means "a French military decoration for gallantry".

Is croix de guerre a common word?

croix de guerre is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.