The Only Use of
echelon
in
The Book Thief
- She wasn't delivering her children to the higher echelons of Munich, but a foster home had apparently been found, and if nothing else, the new family could at least feed the girl and the boy a little better, and educate them properly.†
p. 25.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(echelon as in: upper echelons of the company) a level of a hierarchy
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
See a comprehensive dictionary for less common senses of echelon that relate to military formations.