Geneva Convention
Preserved but no longer current.
Henri Dunant, a Swiss, published an account of the sufferings of the wounded at the battle of Solferino in 1859.
Henri Dunant, một người Thụy Sĩ, đã xuất bản một tài khoản về nỗi đau của những người bị thương
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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Examples
Tatoeba sentence #2575912 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Geneva Convention” mean?
Henri Dunant, a Swiss, published an account of the sufferings of the wounded at the battle of Solferino in 1859.
Is “Geneva Convention” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.