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  • noun informal The Pour le Mérit military honour.

Etymologies

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Named after WW1 ace Max Immelmann, the first German pilot to receive the award.

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Examples

  • Not even the action scenes featuring replicas of World War I aircraft that were originally used in 1966's The Blue Max can bring this dud to life.

    George Heymont: So Little Time, So Much Intrigue George Heymont 2012

  • 'The Blue Max,' published in 1964, was his first novel.

    Archive 2009-04-12 Bill Crider 2009

  • I never read The Blue Max, but I enjoyed several of Hunter's other novels.

    Archive 2009-04-12 Bill Crider 2009

  • I doubt that the Blue Max board game had anything to do with the video game.

    A Guide to Board and Card Games Based on Video Games (1971 to 2007) 2008

  • This was the center ring event of the day and it went well... my only reservation is that Blue Max is very specifically a hex-based game and the hexless adaptation still had a few kinks to work out.

    MINI WARGAMING: Dogfight at MWSS! MaksimSmelchak 2006

  • This was the center ring event of the day and it went well... my only reservation is that Blue Max is very specifically a hex-based game and the hexless adaptation still had a few kinks to work out.

    Archive 2006-10-01 MaksimSmelchak 2006

  • This was the center ring event of the day and it went well... my only reservation is that Blue Max is very specifically a hex-based game and the hexless adaptation still had a few kinks to work out.

    MINI WARGAMING: Revisiting the Great War (14 October 2006) MaksimSmelchak 2006

  • This was the center ring event of the day and it went well... my only reservation is that Blue Max is very specifically a hex-based game and the hexless adaptation still had a few kinks to work out.

    Archive 2006-10-01 MaksimSmelchak 2006

  • The gig was intended to feature German oom-pah band Blue Max and a group of local swastika-lickers called Strong Survive.

    slackbastard @ndy 2010

  • The band, Blue Max, were due to play in Krizevci, a small town in central Croatia.

    slackbastard @ndy 2010

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