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- adjective Fit for service in battle.
Etymologies
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Examples
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These werent as battleworthy as the equipment of Roman legions but they were a major step up from kitchen utensils.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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These werent as battleworthy as the equipment of Roman legions but they were a major step up from kitchen utensils.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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These werent as battleworthy as the equipment of Roman legions but they were a major step up from kitchen utensils.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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These werent as battleworthy as the equipment of Roman legions but they were a major step up from kitchen utensils.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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At about the same moment, the consuls Gellius and Clodianus left Rome to pick up their troops from Capua, Quintus Arrius the ex-praetor having told the Senate that the four legions of new soldiers assembled in Capua were as good as they were ever going to be; he could not guarantee that they were battleworthy, but he hoped they were.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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The men below, Conan judged, were even less battleworthy than the recruits of the Second Company had been.
Conan the Relentless Green, Roland 1992
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Harper had taken it upon himself to make the guns battleworthy.
Sharpe's Siege Cornwell, Bernard 1987
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Regret to report it is considered opinion Crocker, Dempsey and myself that 51st Division is at present not—NOT—battleworthy Montgomery cabled to Brooke in July.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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Regret to report it is considered opinion Crocker, Dempsey and myself that 51st Division is at present not—NOT—battleworthy Montgomery cabled to Brooke in July.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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Regret to report it is considered opinion Crocker, Dempsey and myself that 51st Division is at present not—NOT—battleworthy Montgomery cabled to Brooke in July.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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