Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not saluted; not greeted.

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  • adjective Not saluted.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ saluted

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Examples

  • And now in the Palace I must entertain this stranger, some villainous thief and brigand, while she, the Queen I mourn, has gone from the house unfollowed, unsaluted, she who was as a mother to me and all us servants, for she sheltered us from a myriad troubles by softening her husband's wrath.

    Alcestis 2007

  • And now in the Palace I must entertain this stranger, some villainous thief and brigand, while she, the Queen I mourn, has gone from the house unfollowed, unsaluted, she who was as a mother to me and all us servants, for she sheltered us from a myriad troubles by softening her husband's wrath.

    Alcestis 2007

  • That we may proceed in some order, not leaving those we have nothing to say to, nor are willing to examine, whilst, they are but thin and come not in troops, unsaluted, the first writings that are imposed on us after the canonical Scriptures are the eight books of Clemens, commonly called the

    The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966

  • He says: "No creature could be more grateful than my patient after his recovery -- a sentiment which he most significantly expressed by licking my hand, first the back of it, then the palm, then every finger separately, then between all the fingers, as if anxious to leave no part of it unsaluted; a ceremony which he never performed but once again, upon a similar occasion."

    Harper's Young People, January 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various

  • And on a certain day sitting in his chariot, most unwontedly he passed by a cross which was erected near the wayside, unsaluted; for his eyes were held, that he saw it not.

    The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings Various

  • At B.oody bridge Mr Thomas Kernan beyond the river greeted him vainly from afar B.tween Queen's and Whitworth bridges lord Dudley's viceregal carriages passed and were unsaluted by Mr Dudley White, B. L.,

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

  • As she did so, the privateer, as though loth to let her depart unsaluted, barked a sullen farewell.

    The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Alfred Ollivant 1900

  • Had I been in my grave I think my ears would not have remained more unsaluted.

    Their Dear Little Ghost 1898

  • Had I been in my grave I think my ears would not have remained more unsaluted.

    The Shape of Fear, and other ghostly tales 1898

  • Had I been in my grave I think my ears would not have remained more unsaluted.

    The Shape of Fear Elia Wilkinson Peattie 1898

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