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Melee
melee
see melee MELEE also melee (melees) 1. A melee is a noisy confusing fight between the people in a crowd. (WRITTEN) A policeman was killed and scores of people were injured in the melee. N-COUNT: usu sing 2. A melee of things is a large, confusing, disorganized group of them. (WRITTEN) ...the melee of streets around the waterfront. N-SING: usu N of n
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noun see melee MELEE also melee noun Etymology: French melee, from Old French meslee, from mesler to mix — more at meddle Date: circa 1648 a confused struggle; especially a hand-to-hand fight among several people ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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- early 17c., from Fr. mкlйe, from O.Fr. meslee "confused fight, mixture," from fem. pp. of mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle). There are scattered references in M.E. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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