Marseillais or Marseillaise1, n. m.
Marseillais (mär'sāl-yā'), n. m., Marseillaise (mär'sāl-yāz'), n. f. (Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Marseilles.
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Marseillais
Marseillais or Marseillaise2, a. m.
Marseillais (mär'sāl-yā'), a. m., Marseillaise (mär'sāl-yāz'), a. f. (Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Marseilles, or its inhabitants.
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 Strasbourg. In Paris, it was sung for the first time by the band of men who were brought from Marseilles by Barbaroux to aid in the revolution of August 10, 1792; whence the name.