victoria cross

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   a British military decoration for gallantry

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Questions about victoria cross

What does victoria cross mean?

victoria cross means "a British military decoration for gallantry".

Is victoria cross a common word?

victoria cross 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.