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"expansion": "Middle English forfighter",
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},
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"2": "forfyȝtere"
},
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"ref": "2006, Joseph Theodoor Leerssen, National Thought in Europe: A Cultural History, page 44",
"text": "In this shared resistance Arminius, the forefighter of Germany's political independence, states Ich habe gesiegt – 'I have prevailed'.",
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"A protector or defender; champion, warrior."
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