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• REAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• TRUCE, n. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• Reporter, n.: A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• CORPORAL, n. A man who occupies the lowest rung of the military ladder.
  Fiercely the battle raged and, sad to tell, Our corporal heroically fell!...
• Birth, n.: The first and direst of all disasters. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• CORSAIR, n. A politician of the seas. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary