Synonyms for right wing

Grammar : Noun

Définition of right wing

Origin : 1570s of armies; from 1882 in football; 1905 in the political sense (cf. left wing). Right-winger attested by 1919 in U.S. politics, 1895 in sports.

noun politically conservative group

Example sentences :

Then Xenophon, returning from the right wing to the left, addressed the soldiers.
Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon

Had it not been for this, not a soldier of the Russian right wing had been saved.
Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever

Xenophon, riding along from the right wing to the left, said.
Extract from : « The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis » by Xenophon

I was standing at the end of the kitchen passage, which is close to the right wing.
Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees

He's sending orders to General Brown, who commands his right wing.
Extract from : « The Boy Scout Automobilists » by Robert Maitland

One at the City, which is our right wing, commanded by Genl.
Extract from : « The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn » by Henry P. Johnston

Broglio, we said, is right wing; strong in artillery and infantry.
Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIX. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle

Right Wing, steady to its guns on the Homolka, has as yet nothing to do.
Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVII. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle

On January 30th his regiment was removed to the right wing in Roxbury.
Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8 » by Various

On the ground floor, at the other end of the right wing, sir.
Extract from : « Loyalties (Fifth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

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