the marseillaise

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the marseillaise - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Marseillais \Mar`sei`llais"\, a. m. Marseillaise
  \Mar`sei`llaise"\, a. f.[F.]
     Of or pertaining to Marseilles, in France, or to its
     inhabitants.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Marseillaise hymn, or The Marseillaise, the national
        anthem of France, popularly so called. It was composed in
        1792, by Rouget de l'Isle, an officer then stationed at
        Strasburg. In Paris it was sung for the first time by the
        band of men who came from Marseilles to aid in the
        revolution of August 10, 1792; whence the name.
        [1913 Webster] Marseillais