‖ solidaire, a.
(sɒlɪˈdɛə(r))
[Fr.]
= solidary a. 2.
| 1845 Macaulay Let. 1 Mar. (1977) IV. 244, I certainly did suppose that you considered yourself as solidaire for doctrines which the cabinet has repeatedly and emphatically proclaimed. 1877 W. R. Alger Life of Edwin Forrest I. i. 25 When volition put rigidity into his muscles the centre was solidaire with the periphery. 1942 Wyndham Lewis Let. 27 Jan. (1963) 316 But one cannot help feeling solidaire with the nation to which one belongs. 1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Aug. 556/2 They must be made not ‘solidaire’ (to use M. Neveux's words) in a shared, superior understanding of the plight of the figure on the stage, but made ‘solitaire’ as they realize that they each, alone, share his fate. |