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- noun Plural form of
immune .
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Examples
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Congress, to meet the insistence of colored men for service, authorized the raising of ten Negro volunteer regiments of "immunes" -- men who had lived in sections where the yellow fever and other malignant or malarial visitations had occurred, and who had suffered from them or shown evidences that they in all probability would be immune from the diseases.
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When taken sick they received the best possible care, and after their recovery they had the advantage of being "immunes" who had nothing further to fear from the disease which has caused the death of thousands and tens of thousands of Spanish soldiers and immigrants who have come to Cuba under the orders of their government or to seek their fortunes.
The Making of Arguments J. H. Gardiner
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It was decided not to use the militia as it was then organized, but to rely for numbers as usual chiefly upon a volunteer army, authorized by the Act of the 22d of April, and by subsequent acts raised to a total of 200,000, with an additional 3000 cavalry, 3500 engineers, and 10,000 "immunes," or men supposed not to be liable to tropical diseases.
The Path of Empire; a chronicle of the United States as a world power Carl Russell Fish 1904
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Nos interim quod, attinet (nec enim immunes ab hac noxa sumus) idem realus manet, idem nobis, et si non multo gravius, crimen objici potest: nostra enim culpa sit, nostra incuria, nostra avaritia, quod tam frequentes, foedaeque fiant in
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These immunes purportedly of more captives being interviewed in Tehran.
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When carried by the immunes, it could incubate for weeks, sometimes months, before spreading.
CATALYST OF SORROWS Margaret Wander Bonanno 2004
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When carried by the immunes, it could incubate for weeks, sometimes months, before spreading.
CATALYST OF SORROWS Margaret Wander Bonanno 2004
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Hocque igitur nomine, Deo immortales gratias agimus, quòd ab eiusmodi fontibus & serpentibus, insectis venenatis, ac alijs pestiferis & contagiosis, esse nos immunes voluerit.
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Hocque igitur nomine, Deo immortales gratias agimus, qu騞 ab eiusmodi fontibus & serpentibus, insectis venenatis, ac alijs pestiferis & contagiosis, esse nos immunes voluerit.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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· Non-immunes and refugees moved to areas with stable or intense malaria transmission;
3. Basic concepts 1997
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