"women and children first" meaning in English

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        "An exhortation to follow the principle of removing women and children from danger before men."
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "exhortation",
          "word": "vrouwen en kinderen eerst"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "exhortation",
          "word": "sinjorinoj kaj geinfanoj unue"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "exhortation",
          "word": "naiset ja lapset ensin"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "exhortation",
          "word": "les femmes et les enfants d’abord"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "exhortation",
          "word": "Frauen und Kinder zuerst"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "exhortation",
          "word": "najpierw kobiety i dzieci"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "exhortation",
          "word": "kobiety i dzieci przodem"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "exhortation",
          "word": "mulheres e crianças primeiro"
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      "sense": "exhortation",
      "word": "vrouwen en kinderen eerst"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "naiset ja lapset ensin"
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      "sense": "exhortation",
      "word": "les femmes et les enfants d’abord"
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      "word": "Frauen und Kinder zuerst"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "exhortation",
      "word": "najpierw kobiety i dzieci"
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      "word": "kobiety i dzieci przodem"
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