All 4 Uses of
adherent
in
War and Peace
- Among the opinions and voices in this immense, restless, brilliant, and proud sphere, Prince Andrew noticed the following sharply defined subdivisions of tendencies and parties: The first party consisted of Pfuel and his adherents—military theorists who believed in a science of war with immutable laws—laws of oblique movements, outflankings, and so forth.†
Chpt 9
- Pfuel and his adherents demanded a retirement into the depths of the country in accordance with precise laws defined by a pseudo-theory of war, and they saw only barbarism, ignorance, or evil intention in every deviation from that theory.†
Chpt 9
- Though, by this course, neither one aim nor the other could be attained, yet it seemed best to the adherents of this third party.†
Chpt 9 *
- The fifth party consisted of those who were adherents of Barclay de Tolly, not so much as a man but as minister of war and commander in chief.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(adherent) someone who holds to and spreads a belief or doctrine