All 3 Uses of
contingent
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- The male members of the van Daan contingent have built a very handy wood-stained food safe, with real screens.
Chpt 42-09contingent = group
- A good example of the explicit warnings of the male contingent is the following conversation with Jan: Annex: "We're afraid that when the Germans retreat, they'll take the entire population with them."
Chpt 44-02
- the Annex contingent and the Supply Corps all mixed up together, and that in the middle of the day!
Chpt 44-07 *
Definition:
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(contingent as in: the Canadian contingent) a sub-group united by something in commonin various senses, including:
- a squad of soldiers sent to do a job
- members of an association at a convention of many associations
- all the women at a meeting with women and men