the Marseillaisethe national song of France 马赛曲〔法国国歌〕
Examples from the Corpus
Marseillaise• The band, too drunk to understand, began to play the Marseillaise.• The place was being spotted by searchlight and bands were playing the Marseillaise.• Citizens were not even allowed to sing the Marseillaise for themselves.• At the end de Gaulle would lead the assembled masses in a thunderous Marseillaise.
OriginMarseillaise
(1800-1900)French“of Marseilles, city on the south coast of France”; because the song was popular among soldiers based in Marseilles