Definitions from Wiktionary (forlorn hope)

▸ noun:  (military, archaic)
▸ noun:  A small troop of soldiers picked to make an advance attack, or the first attack; a storming party.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) In the plural form forlorn hopes: the soldiers collectively making up such a troop; (by extension) a group of reckless adventurers.
▸ noun:  (by extension) Any dangerous or hopeless venture.




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