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Synonyms for eagles

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ee-guh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈi gəl

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Définition of eagles

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French egle, from Old Provençal aigla, from Latin aquila "black eagle," fem. of aquilus, often explained as "dark colored" (bird); see aquiline. The native term was erne. Golf score sense is first recorded by 1908 (according to old golf sources, because it "soars higher" than a birdie). The figurative eagle-eyed is attested from c.1600.
  • As in pilot : noun person who guides aircraft, ship, or other vehicle
  • As in aviator : noun person who flies aircraft
Example sentences :
  • To secure such power, Hugh, the conjurer, ate the flesh of eagles.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • A cloudless sky has a peacock in it, whose servants are the eagles.
  • Extract from : « Aino Folk-Tales » by Basil Hall Chamberlain
  • Where the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
  • Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
  • Then the Eagles were gathered together over the doomed carcass of the city.
  • Extract from : « Byeways in Palestine » by James Finn
  • But you may tell her I should be very sorry if my eyes were no better than eagles'!
  • Extract from : « Hortus Inclusus » by John Ruskin
  • Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
  • And she had saved the honour of their Eagles; she had given to them and to France their god of Victory.
  • Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida
  • They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • In these rocks the eagles, which are seen in numbers on the Galtees, have their nests.
  • Extract from : « A Tour in Ireland » by Arthur Young
  • It was as untidy and suggestive of slaughter as the nest of a brood of eagles.
  • Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland
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