Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

boys in gray

French translation:

soldats des Etats confédérés

Added to glossary by SML
Oct 12, 2004 08:07
19 yrs ago
English term

boys in gray

English to French Art/Literary Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Voice over on a TV show describing the arrival of Stars at the reception: "Atlanta’s few remaining boys in gray are guests of honor."

Proposed translations

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anciens soldats des Etats confédérés

normalement. Boys in blue= Union soldiers

Texas Boys in Gray: Confederate War Letters
... Texas Boys in Gray: Confederate War Letters. Evault Boswell. ... Order Texas Boys in Gray: Confederate War Letters online from. European users may wish to browse ...
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"Papa Was a Boy in Gray"
... It may have been Walter Williams of Texas, who was recognized by the United States Government upon his death in 1959 as the last of the boys in gray and for ...
users.erols.com/va-udc/papa.html

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Note added at 21 mins (2004-10-12 08:28:35 GMT)
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note: the boys in gray were Confederate soliders, not \'former\' (ancien) Confederate soliders. I used \'anciens\' because of your context.
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les (confédérés) sudistes

couleur de l'uniforme
Peer comment(s):

neutral writeaway : les sudistes sont les 'Rebels, Rebs, Johnny Rebs'. les boys in gray sont les soldats de l'armée confédérée
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