Foch

[ fosh; French fawsh ]

noun

1. Fer·di·nand [fe, r, -dee-, nahn], 1851–1929, French marshal.

Foch

/ fɔʃ /

noun

1. FochFerdinand18511929MFrenchMILITARY: general Ferdinand (fɛrdinɑ̃). 1851–1929, marshal of France; commander in chief of Allied armies on the Western front in World War I (1918)

Example Sentences

On November 7, with Berlin and other German cities in turmoil and Kaiser Wilhelm about to abdicate, a German delegation crossed the frontline under a flag of truce to meet with Marshal Ferdinand Foch, commander in chief of the Allied armies, in his railroad carriage in the forest of Compiègne, north of Paris.

From Literature

“This is not peace,” declared French field marshal Ferdinand Foch.

From Literature

Foch’s twenty-year prophecy was more accurate: Europe went to war again in September 1939.

From Literature

The armistice terms presented by Marshal Foch were designed to make sure that the Germans would have no further power to resist.

From Literature

There were no such “power of sale” listings three years ago, according to data compiled by Daniel Foch, a Toronto-based real estate broker and researcher.

From Seattle Times