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French

Noun

as des as m (plural as des as)

  1. (military) ace of aces
    • suffissant à faire de lui « l’as des as » de la chasse
      enough to make him the "ace of aces" of hunting
      ("Pilote de chasse aux Cigognes" by Jean Laffray (1968))
    • Fonck, l’as des as, n’était pas juif, mais de si peu !
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      ("Les Juifs" by Roger Peyrefitte (1965))
    • le lieutenant Ernest Udet, « as des as » allemands
      Lieutenant Ernest Udet, German "ace of aces"
      ("Revue Militaire Suisse" (1931))
    • reçoit le titre d’« as des as de l’infanterie française ».
      receives the title of "ace of aces" of the French infrantry.
      ("Le patrimoine des communes de la Meuse" by Jocelyn Wolff (1999))